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OF  THE 

SCHOOL  LAWS     \ 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA     1 

WITH  THE 

FORMS,  REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT 


COMPILED  BY 

W.  M.  HOLLOWAY, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA., 
1911. 


T.  J.  APPLEYARD,  State  Printer. 
Tallahassee,  Fla. 


DIGEST 


OF  THE 


SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA 

WITH  THE 

FORMS,  REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 


COMPILED  BY 

W.  M.  HOLLOWAY, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA., 


T.  J.  APPLE  YARD,   State  Printer. 
Tallahassee,  Fla. 


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State  Board  of  Education. 

(Ex-Officio.) 

HON.  ALBERT    W.    GILCHRIST,    Governor, 
President. 

HON.  H.  CLAY  CRAWFORD,  Secretary  of  State. 
HON.  PARK  TRAMMELL,  Attorney-General. 
HON.  W.  V.  KNOTT,  State  Treasurer. 

HON.  Wm.  M.  HOLLO  WAY,  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  Secretary. 


Constitution  of  Florida. 


AETICLE  XII. 


EDUCATION. 

Section  1.  The  Legislature  shall  provide  for  a 
uniform  system  of  public  free  schools,  and  shall  pro- 
vide for  the  liberal  maintenance  of  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  a  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  whose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by 
law,  and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  four  years 
and  until  the  election  and  qualification  of  his  suc- 
cessor. 

Sec.  3.  The  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  At- 
torney-General, State  Treasurer,  and  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  constitute  a 
body  corporate,  to  be  known  as  the  State  Board  of 
Education  of  Florida,  of  which  the  Governor  shall 
be  President,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction Secretary.  This  Board  shall  have  power 
to  remove  any  subordinate  school  officer  for  cause, 
upon  notice  to  the  incumbent;  and  shall  have  the 
management  and  investment  of  all  State  School 
Funds  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  law,  and  such  supervision  of  schools  of  higher 
grades  as  the  law  shall  provide. 

Sec.  4.  The  State  School  Fund,  the  interest  of 
which  shall  be  exclusively  applied  to  the  support 
and  maintenance  of  public  free  schools,  shall  be  de- 
rived from  the  following  sources: 


249027 


4  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

The  proceeds  of  all  lands  that  have  been  or  may 
hereafter  be  granted  to  the  State  by  the  United 
States  for  public  school  purposes. 

Donations  to  the  State  when  the  purpose  is  not 
specified. 

Appropriations  by  the  State. 
The  proceeds  of  escheated  property  or  forfeitures. 
Twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  sales  of  public  lands 
which  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  owned  by  the 
State. 

Sec.  5.  The  principal  of  the  State  School  Fund 
shall  remain  sacred  and  inviolate. 

Sec.  6.  A  special  tax  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar 
of  all  taxable  property  in  the  State,  in  addition  to 
the  other  means  provided,  shall  be  levied  and  ap- 
portioned annually  for  the  support  and  maintenance 
of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the 
apportionment  and  distribution  of  the  interest  on 
the  State  School  Fund,  and  all  other  means  pro- 
vided, including  the  special  tax,  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  public  free  schools,  among  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  aver- 
age attendance  upon  schools  in  the  said  counties 
rsepectively. 

Sec.  8.  Each  county  shall  be  required  to  assess 
and  collect  annually  for  the  support  of  public  free 
schools  therein,  a  tax  of  not  less  than  three  (3)  mills, 
nor  more  than  seven  (7)  mills  on  the  dollar,  of  all 
taxable  property  in  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  The  County  School  Fund  shall  consist, 
in  addition  to  the  tax  provided  for  in  section  eight 
of  this  Article,  of  the  proportion  of  the  interest  of 
the  State  School  Fund  and  of  the  one-mill  State  tax 
apportioned  to  the  county;  the  net  proceeds  of  all 
fines  collected  under  the  penal  laws  of  the  State 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  5 

within  the  county;  all  capitation  taxes  collected 
within  the  county;  an£  shall  be  disbursed  by  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  solely  for  the 
maintenance  and  support  of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  10.  The  Legislature  may  provide  for  the 
division  of  any  county  or  counties  into  convenient 
school  districts;  and  for  the  election  bi-ennially  of 
three  school  trustees,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for 
two  years,  and  who  shall  have  the  supervision  of  all 
the  schools  within  the  district;  and  for  the  levying 
and  collection  of  a  district  school  tax,  for  the  ex- 
clusive use  of  public  free  schools  within  the  dis- 
trict, whenever  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors 
thereof  that  pay  a  tax  on  real,  or  personal  property 
shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  levy:  Provided,  That  any 
tax  authorized  by  this  section  shall  not  exceed  three 
mills  on  the  dollar  in  any  one  year  on  the  taxable 
property  of  the  district. 

Sec.  11.  Any  incorporated  town  or  city  may 
constitute  a  School  District.  The  Fund  raised  by 
section  ten  may  be  expended  in  the  district  where 
levied  for  building  or  repairing  school  houses,  for 
the  purchase  of  school  libraries  and  text  books,  for 
salaries  of  teachers,  or  for  other  educational  pur- 
poses, so  that  the  distribution  among  all  the  schools 
of  the  district  be  equitable. 

Sec.  12.  White  and  colored  children  shall  not  be 
taught  in  the  same  school,  but  impartial  provision 
shall  be  made  for  both. 

Sec.  13.  No  law  shall  be  enacted  authorizing  the 
diversion  or  the  lending  of  any  county  or  district 
school  funds,  or  the  appropriation  of  any  part  of 
the  permanent  or  available  school  fund  to  any  other 
than  school  purposes;  nor  shall  the  same,  or  any 
part  thereof,  be  appropriated  to  or  used  for  the  sup- 
port of  any  sectarian  school. 


6  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  14.  The  Legislature  at  its  first  session  shall 
provide  for  the  establishment,  maintenance  and 
management  of  such  Normal  Schools,  not  to  exceed 
two,  as  the  interests  of  public  education  may  de- 
mand. 

Sec.  15.  The  compensation  of  all  county  school 
officers  shall  be  paid  from  the  school  fund  of  the 
respective  counties,  and  all  other  county  officers  re- 
ceiving stated  salaries  shall  be  paid  from  the  gen- 
eral funds  of  their  respective  counties. 


AETICLE  IV. 

Sec.  25.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  have  supervision  of  all  matters  pertaining 
to  public  instruction ;  the  supervision  of  State  build- 
ings devoted  to  educational  purposes,  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  Legislature  may  provide  by 
law. 

Sec.  27.  *  *  (He)  shall  make  a  full  report  of 
his  official  acts,  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
his  office,  and  of  the  requirements  of  the  same,  to 
the  Governor  at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature,  or  whenever  the  Governor 
shall  require  it.  Such  (report)  shall  be  laid 

before  the  Legislature  by  the  Governor  at  the  be- 
ginning of  each  regular  session  thereof.  Either 
house  of  the  Legislature  may  at  any  time  call  upon 

*  *  (him)  for  information  required  by  it. 


SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA 

COMPILED 

FROM    THE    GENERAL    STATUTES    AND 
SUBSEQUENT  ACTS  OF  THE   LEGISLA- 
TURES OF  1905,  1907,  1909  and  1911. 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS  AND  DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS, 


STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  IN 
STRUCTION. 

1.  (141)     To  Have  Charge  of  all  Matters  Pertain- 
ing to  Public  Schools. — The  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  have  the  oversight,  charge 
and  management  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  public 
schools,  school  buildings  and  grounds. 

2.  (142)     Duties.— It  is  his  duty  and  he  is  hereby 
empowered: 

First. — To  prepare  and  cause  to  be  printed  and 
distributed  gratuitously  to  boards  of  public  instruc- 
tion, and  other  officers  and  teachers,  as  many  copies 
of  the  school  laws,  and  such  forms,  instruments,  in- 
structions, regulations  and  decisions  as  he  may 
judge  necessary  for  their  use. 

Second. — To  call  conventions  of  county  superin- 


8  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tendents  of  public  instruction,  and  other  officers,  for 
obtaining  and  imparting  information  on  the  prac- 
tical workings  of  the  school  system,  and  the  means 
of  promoting  its  efficiency  and  usefulness. 

Third. — To  assemble  teachers  in  institutes  and 
employ  competent  instructors  to  impart  information 
on  improved  methods  of  teaching  and  conducting 
schools,  and  other  relevant  matters. 

Fourth. — To  apportion  the  interest  on  the  common 
school  fund  and  the  fund  raised  by  the  one-mill  State 
tax  authorized  by  Section  6  of  Article  XII,  of  the 
Constitution,  among  the  several  counties  of  the  State 
in  proportion  to  the  average  attendance  upon  schools 
in  the  said  counties  respectively  of  children  residing 
therein  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  and  twenty-one 
(21)  years. 

Fifth. — To  make  such  apportionments  as  may  in 
his  judgment  be  right  and  just,  when  the  census  and 
returns  on  which  the  apportionments  should  be 
made  are  manifestly  defective  or  have  not  been  re- 
ceived by  him. 

Sixth. — To  entertain  and  decide  upon  appeals  and 
questions  arising  under  the  law,  or  refer  such  to  the 
Board  of  Education  for  decision. 

Seventh. — To  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for 
the  management  of  tjie  department  of  public  in- 
struction. 

Eighth. — He  shall  prepare  the  questions  for 
county  examinations  and  distribute  same  to  county 
superintendents;  hold  written  examinations  for  and 
issue  State  certificates ;  may  grant  life  certificates  as 
provided  by  law;  and  may  order  county  examina- 
tions on  other  days  than  those  prescribed  by  law. 

Ninth. — To  file  and  preserve  certified  copies  of  the 
monthly  lists  of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll 
taxes,  in  his  office  as  a  part  of  the  public  records,  and 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  9 

furnish  copies  thereof  when  requested  by  citizens  of 
this  State. 

3.  (143)     Seal. — He   shall   have   a   seal   for   his 
office,  with  which  in  connection  with  his  own  signa- 
ture, to  authenticate  copies  of  decisions,  acts,   or 
documents,  which  copies  so  authenticated  shall  be 
of  the  same  force  as  the  originals. 

4.  (144)     Residence  ajid  Office.— He  shall  reside 
at  the  seat  of  government  of  this  State,  and  shall 
keep  his  office  in  a  room  in  the  capitol. 

5.  (145)     Salary.— The  salary  of  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  be  at  the  rate 
of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars   ($2,500.00)  per  an- 
num. 

COMMON     SCHOOLS     AND     COUNTY     HIGH 
SCHOOLS. 

• 

6.  (313)     Uniform  System  of  Public  Instruction. 
School  Age. — There  shall  be  established  and  main- 
tained a  uniform  system  of  public  instruction  free  to 
all  the  youth  residing  in  the  State  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  as  far  as  the  funds  will 
admit,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

7.  (314)     School  Year.— The  school  year  for  all 
public  schools  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  July 
and  end  with  the  last  day  of  the  following  June,  and 
all  reports,  financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  de- 
partment shall  embrace  such  business  and  matters 
only  as  take  place  within  the  limits  of  the  school 
year  thus  defined. 

8.  (315)     When  Schools  May  Begin.— No  school 
in  any  county  shall  begin  before  July  1st  of  the 
school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs  and 
for  which  the  apportionment  was  made. 

9.  (316)     Opening  and  Closing.— The  time  for  the 


10  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

opening  of  public  schools  for  each  county  shall  be 
determined  by  the  county  board  of  public  instruc- 
tion: Provided,  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as  to 
close  before  the  last  day  of  June. 

10.  (317)     School  Day,  Month,  Term  and  Year.— 
A  school  day  shall  comprise  not  less  than  five  hours 
nor  more  than  six  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses.    The 
time  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  public  instruction 
for  the  county. 

A  school  month  shall  consist  of  twenty  days,  ex- 
clusive of  the  first  and  last  days  of  the  week. 
A  school  term  contains  four  school  months. 
The  school  year  contains  two  terms. 

11.  (318)     Vacation   and   Holidays. — All   public 
schools  shall  observe  the  period  from  December  24 
to  January  1,  both  days  inclusive,  as  a  vacation,  and 
Independence  day  and  Thanksgiving  day  as  holi- 
days, and  no  one  of  these  days  shall  be  counted  as 
taught  in  a  teacher's  monthly  report. 

12.  (319)     Duty  of  State  Treasurer. — The  treas- 
urer of  the  board  of  education  shall  keep  an  account 
with  the  several  counties,  in  which  he  shall  credit 
each  county  with  its  proportion  of  its  income  of  the 
common  school  fund,  and  of  the  fund  raised  by  the 
one-mill  tax  authorized  by  the    Constitution,    and 
shall  charge  each  with  the  amount  receipted  for  by 
the  treasurers  of  the  boards  of  public  instruction. 

13.  (320)     Duty  of  Tax  Collector.— The  several 
tax  collectors  shall  receive  only  the  current  funds  of 
the  United  States  in  payment  for  all  taxes  provided 
for  in  this  article,  except  such  certificates  of  indebt- 
edness as  may  be  issued  by  the  county  boards  of 
public  instruction,   which   shall  be  receivable  for 
county  school  taxes. 

14.  (321)   To  Whom  School  Funds  To  Be  Paid.— 
Every  officer  having  moneys  which  by  law  go  to  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  11 

State  school  fund  shall  pay  the  same  to  the  State 
Treasurer,  and  every  officer  having  moneys  which 
by  law  go  to  the  county  school  fund  shall  pay  the 
same  to  the  county  treasurer. 

15.  (322)     Duty  of  County  Treasurer.— It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  the  school  fund  of 
each  county  in  this  State  by  the  first  Monday  in 
each  and  every  month,  to  prepare  and  file  with  the 
county  superintendent  of  public  instruction  of  his 
county  a  detailed  and  itemized  statement  in  writing, 
showing  all  the  sums  of  money  received  by  such 
treasurer  during  the  month  next  preceding,   and 
from  whom  and  from  what  source  received,  and  all 
amounts  by  him  paid  out  during  such  time  and  to 
whom  paid,  and  describing  by  date,  number  and 
amount,  all  warrants  paid. 

16.  (323)     Clerk  to  Prepare  Reports.— The  finan- 
cial statement  of  accounts  herein  provided  for,  when 
filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  shall  be  se- 
curely kept  by  him  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to 
the  examination  and  inspection  of  the  people  of  the 
eounty  and  without  fee  or  charge. 

17.  (324)     Purchase  of  Real  Estate  for  Educa- 
tional   Purposes. — The  board    of    county    commis- 
sioners of  any  county  in  this  State  upon  the  request 
of  the  board  of  public  instruction  in  such  county, 
after  an  affirmative  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  who 
are  taxpayers  therein  and  have  paid  all  taxes  due 
by  them  for  two  years  next  and  preceding  said  elec- 
tion in  any  special  tax  school  district,  or  county,  are 
hereby  authorized  to  contract  debts  for  the  purchase 
of  real  estate  to  be  used  for  educational  purposes 
for  the  erection  of  school  buildings  and  to  pay  such 
debts  out  of  the  current  income  of  any  year,  or  out 
of  the  income  of  succeeding  years,  and  are  author- 
ized to  borrow  money,  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion 


12  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

may  require  to  discharge  any  debt  or  liability  in- 
curred for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  for  such  pur- 
pose, which  debt  shall  be  a  charge  or  lien  only  upon 
such  special  tax  school  district  or  county  as  the  case 
may  be:  Provided,  That  the  necessary  expenses  of 
maintaining  the  schools  in  any  county  during  any 
year  shall  constitute  the  first  claim  against  the 
school  fund  of  that  year. 

18.  (325)     Attendance  by  Youth  of  One  County 
of  School  in  Another. — When  it  is  more  convenient 
for  youth  residing  in  one  county  to  attend  school  in 
an  adjoining  county,  they  may  do  so  by  the  concur- 
rence of  the  superintendents  of  public  instruction  of 
the  two  counties.    The  proportion  of  school  money 
for  each  youth  shall  be  transferred  by  requisition  of 
the  county  superintendent  of  public  instruction  of 
the  county  in  which  the  youth  resides,  upon  the 
treasurer  of  the  school  funds  of  that  county  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  school  funds  of  the  county  in  which 
the  school  is  located. 

19.  (326)  Forfeiture  by  County  of  School  Funds.— 
Any  county  or  school  district  neglecting  to  establish 
and  maintain  such  school  or  schools  as  the  available 
funds  will  support  shall  forfeit  its  proportion  of  the 
common  school  fund  during  such  neglect,  and  in 
that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited  shall  be  apportioned 
among  the  several  counties  at  the  next  annual  appor- 
tionment. 

20.  (328)  Officers.— The  officers  of  the  department 
of  public  instruction  shall  be  a  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  a  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, a  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  each  county, 
a  Superintendent   of  Public   Instruction   for   each 
county,  Local  School  Supervisors  and  Treasurers. 

21.  (329)   Board  of  Public  Instruction.— A  board 
of  public  instruction  shall  consist  of  not  more  than 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  13 

three  (3)  members,  no  two  of  whom  shall  reside  in 
the  same  district. 

22.  (330)   Regulations.— Terms  and  Removal  of 
Officers. — All    such   officers    who    shall   hold   their 
offices  by  statutes  shall  conform  to  the  regulations 
of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

23.  (331)    No  Officer  to  Vote  on  His  Own  Com- 
pensation.— No  officer  shall  vote  on  a  question  fixing 
his  own  compensation. 

24.  (332)  Majority  a  Quorum. — A  majority  of  any 
educational  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business. 

25.  (333)    Certain  Officers  to  Qualify  and  Give 
Bond— Disposition  of  Moneys  and  Property.— Every 
school  officer  who  shall    be  elected    or    appointed 
under  statutory  provisions,  is  required: 

First. — Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  within  ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of 
his  appointment,  to  subscribe  to  an  acceptance  of 
the  appointment  and  to  pledge  that  he  will  faithfully 
perform  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  to  forward 
the  same  with  his  postoffice  address  to  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Second. — Before  receiving  any  school  moneys  or 
property  of  any  kind,  for  safe  keeping  or  disburse- 
ment, to  give  bond  with  two  good  sureties,  the  bonds 
to  be  fixed  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  county,  the  original  to  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  a 
certified  copy  to  be  held  by  the  officer  giving  the 
security  to  be  produced  when  required. 

Third. — Any  officer  in  charge  of  school  moneys,  or 
property  to  be  so  disbursed,  shall  satisfy  himself 
that  the  officer  to  whom  he  issues  it  has  given  bond 
as  aforesaid,  or  be  personally  liable  for  any  loss  in 
consequence  of  such  neglect. 


14  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

26.  (334)   Officer  to  Turn  Over  Moneys  and  Prop- 
erty to  Successor. — Every  officer  shall  turn  over  to 
his  successor  in  office,  on  retiring,  all  books,  papers, 
documents,  funds,  moneys  and  property  of  what- 
ever kind,  which  he  may  have  acquired,  received 
and  held  by  virtue  of  his  office,  and  take  full  receipt 
for  them  of  his  successor. 

27.  (335)    State  Board  of  Education.— The  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  consist  of  the  Governor, 
the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Attorney-General,  the 
State  Treasurer  and   the  State    Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction.    The  Governor  shall  be  the  pres- 
ident, the  State  Treasurer  shall  be  the  treasurer  and 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  the 
secretary  of  said  board.    Said  board  is  a  body  cor- 
porate with  full  power  to  perform  all  corporate  acts 
for  educational  purposes. 

28.  (336)   Powers  and  Duties  of  State  Board.— 
The  State  Board  of  Education  are  directed  and  em- 
powered : 

First. — To  obtain  possession  of  and  take  the 
charge,  oversight  and  management  of  all  lands 
granted  to  or  held  by  the  State  for  educational  pur- 
poses, and  to  fix  the  terms  of  sale,  rental  or  use  of 
such  lands,  and  to  do  whatever  may  be  necessary  to 
preserve  them  from  trespass  or  injury,  and  for  their 
improvement. 

Second. — To  have  the  direction  and  management, 
and  to  provide  for  the  safe  keeping  and  expenditure 
of  all  the  educational  funds  of  the  State,  with  due 
regard  to  the  highest  interests  of  education. 

Third. — To  entertain  and  decide  upon  questions 
and  appeals  referred  to  them  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  on  any  matter  of  dif- 
ference or  dispute  arising  under  the  operation  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  15 

law,  and  to  prescribe  the  manner  of  making  appeals 
and  conducting  arbitrations. 

Fourth. — To  remove  any  subordinate  officer  in  the 
department  for  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or 
other  cause  which  would  disqualify  a  person  for  the 
appointment. 

Fifth. — To  keep  in  view  the  establishment  of 
schools  on  a  broad  and  liberal  basis,  the  object  of 
which  shall  be  to  impart  instruction  to  youth  in  the 
profession  of  teaching,  in  the  knowledge  of  the 
natural  sciences,  the  theory  and  practice  of  agricul- 
ture, horticulture,  mining,  engineering  and  the  me- 
chanic arts,  in  the  ancient  and  modern  languages,  in 
the  higher  range  of  mathematics,  literature,  and  in 
the  useful  and  ornamental  branches  not  taught  in 
common  schools. 

Sixth. — To  co-operate  with  the  State  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Instruction  in  the  management  of  the 
department,  and  in  the  general  diffusion  of  knowl- 
edge in  the  State.  ?tf- 

29.  (338)   Lands  Not  To  Be  Sold  on  Credit- 
Credit  shall  not  be  allowed  for  the  purchase  money 
on  the  sale  of  any  of  the  school  or  seminary  lands  of 
this  State,  but  every  purchaser  of  such  lands  shall, 
at  the  time  of  purchase,  make   complete   payment 

'  therefor. 

30.  (341)    County  Boards  To  Be  Corporations. — 
Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  constituted  a 
body  corporate  by  the  name  of  ' i  The  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  for  the  county  of ,  State 

of  Florida, ' '  and  in  that  name  may  acquire  and  hold 
real  and  personal  property,  receive  bequests  and 
donations,  and  perform  other  corporate  acts  for  edu- 
cational purposes. 

31.  (342)    Organization  a  Primary  Duty.— Each 
board  before  proceeding  to  any  other  business,  shall 


16  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

complete  its  own  organization.  The  chairman  and 
secretary  shall  then  make  and  sign  two  copies  of  the 
proceedings  of  organization,  and  annex  their  affida- 
vits to  each  that  the  same  is  a  correct  and  true  copy 
of  the  original.  They  shall  file  one  copy  in  the  office 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  county,  to  be 
by  him  recorded  in  the  record  of  deeds,  and  file  the 
othr  copy  in  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction. 

32.  (343)    Title  to   County   School  Property.— 
The  title  to  the  school  property  of  the  county  shall 
be  vested  in  them  and  their  successors  in  office,  ex- 
cept in  such  special  tax  school  districts  as  provided 
for. 

33.  (345)  Secretary  of  County  Board.— The  Coun- 
ty Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  be  the 
secretary  of  the  board. 

34.  (346)   Treasurer  of.— The  County  Treasurers 
of  the  several  counties  shall  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  constituted  the  treasurers  of  the  School  funds 
in  their  respective  counties. 

35.  (347)  Duties  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction.— 
Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  directed: 

First. — To  obtain  possession  of,  accept  and  hold, 
under  proper  title,  as  a  corporation,  all  property 
possessed,  acquired  or  held  by  the  county  for  educa- 
tional purposes,  and  to  manage  and  dispose  of  the 
same  for  the  best  interest  of  education:  Provided, 
That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  any  special  tax  school  district  from  holding 
school  property  that  it  has,  or  may  hereafter  ac- 
quire, for  school  purposes,  or  prevent  such  districts 
from  receiving  their  portions  of  money  set  apart  for 
school  purposes. 

Second. — To  locate  and  maintain  schools  in  every 
locality  in  the  county  where  they  may  be  needed,  to 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  17 

accommodate,  as  far  as  practicable,  all  the  youth 
between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  during 
not  less  than  four  months  in  each  year. 

Third. — To  appoint  one  supervisor  for  each  school 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  patrons,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  supervise  the  work  of  the  school  and  to 
report  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction monthly  the  result  of  his  observations. 

Fourth. — To  select  and  provide  a  site  for  each 
school  house  of  not  less  than  one-half  acre  of  ground 
in  the  rural  districts,  and  as  nearly  that  amount  as 
is  practicable  in  the  villages  or  cities.  The  situation 
to  be  dry,  airy,  healthful  and  pleasant,  also  reason- 
ably central  and  convenient  of  access  for  all  who 
should  attend  the  school. 

Fifth. — To  do  whatever  is  necessary  with  regard 
to  purchasing  or  renting  school  sites  and  premises, 
constructing,  repairing,  furnishing,  warming,  venti- 
lating, keeping  in  order  or  improving  the  school 
houses,  out  buildings,  fences,  land  and  movable 
property,  procuring  proper  apparatus  for  the 
schools,  grading  and  classifying  the  pupils,  and  pro- 
viding separate  schools  for  the  different  classes  in 
such  a  manner  as  will  secure  the  largest  attendance 
of  pupils,  promote  the  harmony  and  advancement  of 
the  school,  and  establishing,  when  required  by  the 
patrons,  schools  of  higher  grades  of  instruction 
where  the  advancement  and  number  of  the  pupils 
require  them. 

Sixth. — To  employ  teachers  for  every  school  in 
the  county,  and  to  contract  with  and  pay  the  same 
for  their  services:  Provided,  That  schools  shall  not 
be  located  nearer  than  three  miles  to  each  other, 
unless  for  some  local  reason  or  necessity. 

Seventh. — To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due  by 

the  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

2— s.  L. 


18  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Eighth. — To  keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  their 
official  acts,  proceedings  and  decisions,  of  all  moneys 
received,  held  or  disbursed,  of  all  property  acquired 
or  disposed  of,  in  a  proper  set  of  account  books,  and 
a  record  of  the  state  and  condition  of  each  school, 
and  to  report  the  same  to  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  when  required.  They  shall 
also  at  the  close  of  the  scholastic  year  prepare  an 
itemized  report  of  all  moneys  by  them  received  and 
disbursed. 

Ninth. — To  prepare  and  file  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  their  respective  counties  by  the 
first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  every  month, 
an  itemized  financial  statement  showing  all  sums  of 
money  received  during  the  month  next  preceding, 
on  account  of  county  school  funds,  and  from  whom 
received,  and  from  what  source  derived,  all  appro- 
priations made  by  such  board,  and  for  what  purpose 
made,  all  warrants  drawn  by  such  board,  in  whose 
favor  and  for  and  on  what  account  drawn,  describ- 
ing such  warrant  by  date,  number  and  amount.  All 
such  monthly  financial  statements  shall  be  certified 
by  the  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
for  the  county,  and  attested  by  the  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  and  the  said  board 
shall  without  delay  cause  the  same  to  be  published 
in  a  newspaper  of  the  county,  when  any  such  news- 
paper exists:  Provided,  That  the  cost  of  such 
monthly  publication  shall  not  exceed  two  dollars  per 
month;  otherwise  they  shall  post  the  same  at  the 
court  house  and  at  three  other  public  places  in  the 
county. 

Tenth. — To  perform  all  acts  reasonable  and  neces- 
sary for  the  promotion  of  the  educational  interests 
of  the  county  and  the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge 
among  the  citizens. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  19 

Eleventh. — To  hold  regular  meetings  for  the  trans- 
action of  business,  by  arrangement  with  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  to  con- 
vene a  special  session  on  emergencies  when  request- 
ed by  the  County  Superintndent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

Twelfth. — To  prepare  on  or  before  the  last 
Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  an  itemized  estimate 
showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  main- 
tenance of  the  necessary  common  schools  of  their 
county  for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  stating 
the  amount  in  mills  on  the  dollar  of  taxable  prop- 
erty of  the  county,  which  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  or  more  than  seven  mills,  and  furnish  a  copy  of 
the  statement  to  the  assessor  of  taxes  of  the  county, 
and  file  a  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction ;  and  the  assessor  shall  assess  the  amount 
so  stated,  and  the  collector  shall  collect  the  amount 
assessed  and  pay  over  the  same  monthly  to  the 
County  Treasurer,  who  is  also  by  law  School  Treas- 
urer, to  be  used  for  the  sole  benefit  of  the  public 
schools. 

Thirteenth. — To  examine  at  least  twice  each  year 
the  books  and  records  of  the  Tax  Collector  which 
relate  to  the  collection  of  poll  taxes,  and  said  board 
shall  require  prompt  settlement  for  all  poll  taxes 
assessed,  together  with  those  not  assessed  but  col- 
lected. Any  member  of  a  county  school  board  who 
neglects  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  suspended  from  office. 

36.  (348)    Not  to  Contract  with  Members.— No 
board  of  public  instruction  shall  have  power  to  enter 
into  contract  with  any  of  its  members,  except  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  school  sites. 

37.  (349)    County  Board   of  Public  Instruction 
Districts. — The  county  Board  of  Public  Instruction 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

in  each  county  shall  divide  their  respective  counties 
into  three  county  school  board  districts  so  as  to  place 
in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  parcticable,  the  same 
number  of  qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  district 
to  be  so  drawn  as  to  place  each  election  district 
wholly  within  one  or  another  of  said  county  school 
board  districts;  and  the  members  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  file  in  the  office 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  such  county  a 
certificate  of  their  said  action,  containing  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  boundaries  of  said  districts,  and  naming 
the  election  districts  comprising  each  county  school 
board  district,  which  certificate  shall  be  published 
in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  or  if  there 
be  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  then  by 
posting  at  the  county  court  house  door  for  four 
weeks  thereafter. 

The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  may 
thereafter  change  the  boundaries  of  any  such  dis^- 
tricts  at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year  of  a  general 
election,  but  such  change  shall  be  certified  in  the 
Clerk's  office  and  published  as  required  for  fixing 
such  districts  in  the  first  instance. 

38  (350)  Vacancies.  How  Filled.— All  vacan- 
cies on  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  be 
filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by  appointment  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education  on  the  nomination  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

39.    (351)    Duties  of   County   Superintendent. — 

The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  is 
directed : 

First. — To  make  timely  inspection  of  the  county, 
to  ascertain  the  location  in  which  schools  should  be 
established,  the  number  of  youth  who  would  attend 
each,  and  the  amount  of  aid  that  the  citizens  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  21 

neighborhood  will  contribute  to  encourage  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  school. 

Second. — To  visit  each  school  at  least  once  during 
each  school  term,  and  to  make  a  thorough  examina- 
tion of  its  conditions  as  respects  the  progress  of  the 
pupils  in  learning,  the  order  and  discipline  ob- 
served, the  system  of  instruction  pursued,  the  at- 
tendance of  the  pupils,  the  mode  of  keeping  school 
records,  the  character  and  condition  of  the  school 
buildings,  furniture,  books,  apparatus  and  premises, 
the  efficiency  of  the  School  Supervisor,  the  interest 
and  co-operation  of  the  citizens  in  regard  to  educa- 
tional matters,  and  to  give  such  advice  as  he  may 
deem  proper. 

Third. — To  do  all  in  his  power  to  awaken  an  in- 
creased interest  in  parents,  guardians,  School  Super- 
visors and  teachers,  with  regard  to  the  better  edu- 
cation of  youth  in  every  respect  and  the  genera]  dif- 
fusion of  knowledge. 

Fourth. — To  confer  with  the  School  Supervisors 
frequently,  and  see  that  they  attend  to  their  duties, 
keeping  them  supplied  with  a  copy  of  the  school 
laws,  decisions,  blanks  and  regulations  of  the  de- 
partment. 

Fifth. — To  select  for  School  Supervisors  persons 
whose  character,  qualification  and  sympathy  with 
education  specially  commend  them  to  those  posi- 
tions. 

Sixth. — To  keep  a  record  by  number,  name  and 
description  of  the  locality  of  each  school  established, 
of  the  expenses  incurred  for,  and  of  his  visits  of  in- 
spection to,  the  several  schools. 

Seventh. — To  notify  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  immediately  upon  entering  upon 
his  duties,  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  county 
school  officers. 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Eighth. — To  decide  upon  questions  and  disputes 
which  arise  when  submitted  to  him  hy  the  parties 
interested,  and  to  refer  his  decisions  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

Ninth. — To  see  that  the  interests  of  the  county  are 
properly  guarded,  and  its  rights  secured  in  the  mak- 
ing and  performance  of  every  contract  for  the  con- 
struction of  school  buildings,  or  for  other  purposes; 
and  that  all  moneys  apportioned  to  or  raised  by  the 
county  are  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they 
were  granted  or  raised. 

Tenth. — To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates  and  sus- 
pend those  issued  by  other  authority  for  cause  mani- 
festly sufficient,  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the 
authority  issuing  them,  and  of  the  grounds  for  so 
doing;  also  notifying  the  teacher  in  like  manner,  and 
of  the  right  of  appeal,  to  whom  and  when  the  appeal 
should  be  made. 

Eleventh. — Acting  as  Secretary  of  the  County 
School  Board,  he  shall  make  and  forward  monthly 
a  certified  copy  of  the  Tax  Collector's  monthly  lists 
of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  wlio 
shall  file  and  preserve  the  same  in  his  office  as  a  part 
of  the  public  records  and  furnish  copies  when  re- 
quested by  the  citizens  of  this  State. 

40.  (352)  Duties  of  Supervisor. — Every  Super- 
visor is  directed: 

First.— To  supervise  the  work  and  management  of 
the  school  and  its  interest  over  which  he  is  appoint- 
ed, and  report  monthly  to  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. 

Second.— To  supervise  the  construction,  rental,  re- 
pair and  improvement  of  the  school  buildings,  furni- 
ture, fences,  grounds  and  fixtures;  to  procure  a  copy 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  23 

of  the  school  laws,  regulations  and  decisions  for  the 
use  of  the  teacher  and  his  own  instruction. 

Third. — To  attend  at  all  times,  when  requested  by, 
and  co-operate  with  the  teacher  in  his  effort  to  ele- 
vate the  character  and  condition  of  the  school;  to 
review  all  suspensions  from  school  by  the  teacher  of 
pupils  guilty  of  gross  misconduct  and  a  disregard  of 
and  persistent  opposition  to  the  authority  of  the 
teacher,  and  to  promptly  report  the  same  to  the 
County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

TEACHEBS'  EXAMINATIONS. 

41.  (353)     Two    Examinations    Yearly.— There 
shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year  in  each  county 
in  the  State,  beginning  on- Tuesday  after  the  first 
Monday  in  June  and  September,  and  each  may  con- 
tinue one  or  more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  ex- 
aminer, and  a  vote  of  the  examinees :  Provided,  That 
only  one  examination  shall  be  held  in  any  county 
if  two  be  found  unnecessary. 

42.  (355)   One  Examination  at  County  Seat. — At 
least  one  of  the  examinations  of  teachers  shall  be 
held  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  in  which  the 
examination  is  held:  Provided,  That  where  two  ex- 
aminations are  held  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction may  designate  another  convenient  place 
for  holding  one  of  such  examinations  other  than  the 
county  site. 

43.  (356)   Special  Examinations.— The  State  Su- 
perintendent, for  sufficient  cause,  may  order  exami- 
nations held  on  days  other  than  those  prescribed  in 
Section  353  (41). 

44.  (357)  Whom  County  Superintendent  to  Ex- 
amine.— Candidates  for  third,  second  and  first  grade 
certificates  shall  be  examined  by  the  County  Super- 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

intendent  of  Public  Instruction  on  questions  pre- 
pared in  all  cases  by  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction.  The  questions  shall  be  sent 
sealed  to  the  County  Superintendents  of  the  various 
counties,  which  seal  shall  not  be  broken  until  the 
morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that 
day  are  to  be  used,  and  then  only  in  the  presence  of 
the  persons  assembled  for  examination. 

45.  (359)  Procedure  in  Cases  of  Doubt. — The  can- 
didates for  certificates  shall  ask  no  questions,  nor 
receive  any  assistance  from  any  source  during  the 
examination.     In   case   any   examinee   may   be   in 
doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or  she 
may  state  in  writing  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer 
accordingly,  which  answer  shall  receive  due  consid- 
eration in  grading  the  papers. 

46.  (360)    Mode  of  Conducting  Exajnination.— 
All  examination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in  the 
presence  of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  ap- 
pointed assistant,  who  shall  collect  the  questions  and 
answers  on  each  branch  as  completed,  and  said  ex- 
aminer shall  accept  no  paper  of  any  examinee  con- 
taining a  name  or  mark  which  would  indicate  to 
any  other  than  the  examiner  its  author.     Said  ex- 
aminer shall  himself,  on  collecting  each  paper,  des- 
ignate it  by  a  number  known  only  to  himself,  and 
shall  keep  a  record   by  number   and   name  of  the 
author  of  each  examination  paper.  Every  examinee 
shall  complete  and  hand  »in  the  answers  on  each 
branch  before  the  questions  on  any  other  branch 
shall  be  given  out.    When  every  examinee  has  com- 
pleted all  the  branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange 
and  bundle  together  all  the  papers  of  each  examinee, 
and  shall  deliver  the  whole  to  a  grading  committee. 

47.  (361)    Who    Permitted    to    Teach    Public 
Schools. — No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  25 

the  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida  who  does 
not  hold  a  teacher's  certificate  granted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  this  act :  Provided,  That 
County  Superintendents  may  hold  a  special  exami- 
nation, and  issue  temporary  certificates  for  a  term 
not  longer  than  the  interval  between  the  regular 
examinations:  Provided,  The  applicant  for  such 
certificate  furnishes  satisfactory  reasons  for  having 
failed  to  attend  the  regular  examination:  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  permitted  the  benefit  of  a 
second  special  examination  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act :  Provided  further,  That  no  certificate  issued 
under  the  Laws  of  this  State  since  January  1,  1894, 
shall  be  rendered  void  by  this  act. 

48.  (362)    Seven  Grades  of  Certificates.— There 
shall  be  seven  grades  of  teachers '  certificates,  issued 
as  herein  specified  and  named,  respectively,  to  wit: 
Third  grade,   second   grade,  first   grade,   primary, 
special,  State  and  life  certificates. 

49.  (363)    Issued  Upon  Written  Examination.— 
No  certificate,  except  life  certificates,  shall  be  issued 
except  on  written  examination,  or  on  oral  and  writ- 
ten examination  as  provided  by  law. 

50.  (364)   Certificate  of  Character  and  Fee.— The 
applicant  for  the  certificate  of  any  grade,  to  be  eli- 
gible for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  exam- 
iner an  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  from 
two  responsible  persons,  and  shall  pay  an  examina- 
tion fee  of  one  dollar.  The  examiner  shall  turn  over 
to  the  County  Treasurer,  immediately  after  any  ex- 
amination, the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  person 
examined,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  for  fail- 
ure to  make  such  disposition  shall  be  subject  to 
prosecution.    The   fund   arising   from   examination 
fees  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  county  school 
fund. 


26  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

51.  (365)  Third  Grade  Certificate.— A  third  grade 
certificate  shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  applicant, 
who,  in  the  uniform  examination  in  orthography, 
reading,  geography,  arithmetic,  English  grammar, 
United  States  history,  physiology,  theory  and  prac- 
tice of  teaching,  composition,  agriculture  and  civil 
government,  shall  have  made  a  grade  in  no  branch 
below  forty  per  cent,  and  an  average  grade  of  sixty 
per  cent,  in  all  the  above  branches. 

A  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  two 
years  from  the  date  of  issue,  except  as  otherwise 
provided  by  law. 

52.  (366)   Second  Grade. — A  second  grade  certifi- 
cate shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  applicant,  who, 
in  the  uniform  examination  in  all  the  branches  pre- 
scribed for  a  third  grade  certificate,  shall  have  made 
a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  per  cent,  and  an 
average  of  seventy-five  per  cent,  in  all  the  aforesaid 
branches. 

A  second  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  four 
years  from  the  date  of  issue  except  as  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  law. 

53.  (367)    First  Grade.— A  first  grade  certificate 
shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  applicant  who  shall 
have  been  examined  in  all  the  branches  prescribed 
for  a  third  grade  certificate,  and  in  algebra  and 
physical    geography,    and    who    shall    have    made 
a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  per  cent,  and  an 
average  of  eighty-five  per  cent,  in  all  the  aforesaid 
branches. 

A  first  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five 
years  from  the  date  of  issue,  except  as  otherwise 
provided  by  law. 

54.  (368)  Primary  Certificate.— A  primary  certifi- 
cate may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  to 
any  eligible  applicant  who  shall  furnish  satisfactory 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  27 

testimonials  as  to  peculiar  fitness  for  primary  teach- 
ing, and  who  shall  have  made  a  grade  of  eighty  per 
cent,  in  such  oral. and  written  examination  on  pri- 
mary studies  and  methods  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  State  Superintendent,  with  such  assistants  as  he 
may  select.  Primary  certificates  shall  be  valid  for 
four  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  except  as  other- 
wise provided  by  law,  and  shall  be  valid  only  for 
teaching  in  the  first,  second  and  third  grades  of  the 
primary  departments  of  regularly  graded  schools 
or  in  public  kindergartens. 

55.  (369)    Special   Certificate. — A  special  certifi- 
cate may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  to 
any  eligible  applicant  who  shall  furnish  satisfactory 
testimonials  as  to  peculiar  fitness  for  teaching  any 
one  or  more  branches  not  included  in  the  require- 
ments for  second  grade  certificates,  and  shall  make 
a  grade  of  not  less  than  ninety  per  cent,  on  such 
branch  or  branches  in  such  examination  as  shall  be 
prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent  with  such 
assistants  as  he  may  select. 

A  special  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  and  only  for  teaching  the 
special  branch  or  branches  for  which  it  shall  have 
been  issued. 

56.  (370)    State  Certificate.— A  State  certificate 
may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  to  any 
eligible  applicant  who  shall  have  taught  twenty-four 
months  in  all,  eight  months  under  a  first  grade  cer- 
tificate obtained  in  this  State,  and  shall  have  passed 
an  examination  conducted  by  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction  on  geometry,  trigonometry, 
physics,  botany,    zoology,    Latin,  rhetoric,   English 
literature,  psychology  and  general  history,  and  shall 
have  made  an  average  grade  of  eighty-five  per  cent, 
with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  per  cent. 


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A  State  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  and  shall  be  valid  through- 
out the  State. 

57.  (371)  Life  Certificate. — A  life  certificate  good 
in  any  part  of  the  State  and  of  perpetual  validity, 
may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  without  examination,  to    any  teacher 
holding  a  State  certificate  issued  since  January  1st, 
A.  D.  1894,  and   who   has   successfully   done   high 
school  or  college  teaching  in  this  State  for  a  period 
of  eighteen  months  under  a  State  certificate,  and 
who  shall  present  satisfactory  endorsement  showing 
eminent  ability  in  teaching  and  school  government 
from  three  persons  holding  life  certificates. 

58.  (372)    Endorsement  of   Certificate.— A  first, 
second  and  third  grade  certificate  may  be  endorsed 
by  the  County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the 
State,  and  shall  then  be  valid  for  its  unexpired  term 
in  the  county  in  which  it  is  endorsed. 

59.  (373)    First  Grade  and  Primary  Certificates 
Made  Perpetually  Valid  Under  Certain  Conditions. — 
Whenever  the  holder  of  a  first  grade   certificate 
shall  present  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  any 
county  in  the  State  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  or 
she  has  taught  school  successfully  for  twenty  years 
in  this  State,  nine  years  of  which  shall  have  been 
taught  under  certificates  issued  since  January  1st, 
A.  D.  1894,  and  that  he  or  she  is  of  good  moral  char- 
acter and  faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor 
and  disciplinarian,  the  County   Superintendent   of 
any  county  in  the  State  may,  upon  further  examina- 
tion as  he  may  deem  necessary,  endorse  said  certifi- 
cate, making  it  perpetually  valid  during  the  life  of 
the  holder  in  the  county  where  such  endorsement  is 
made. 

Whenever  any  teacher  shall  present  satisfactory 


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evidence  that  he  or  she  has  taught  school  in  this 
State  for  six  years  under  first  grade  certificates,  the 
average  grade  of  such  certificate  being  not  less  than 
ninety  per  cent.,  issued  since  January  1st,  A.  D.  1894, 
and  that  he  or  she  is  of  good  moral  character,  and 
faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor  and  discipli- 
narian, the  County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in 
this  State  may,  without  further  examination,  issue 
to  such  teacher  a  first  grade  life  certificate,  good  in 
any  part  of  the  State,  and  of  perpetual  validity  in 
the  county  where  such  endorsement  is  made. 

Whenever  the  holder  of  a  primary  certificate  shall 
present  to  the  State  Superintendent  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  having  taught  successfully  under  said  cer- 
tificate for  four  years,  the  State  Superintendent  may 
endorse  said  certificate,  thereby  making  it  valid 
during  the  life  of  the  holder. 

60.  (374)    Certificate  May  Be  Revoked.— A  cer- 
tificate of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  the  author- 
ity issuing  it  or  by  the  State  Superintendent  when 
it  is  proved  that  the  holder  thereof  is  unsuccessful, 
incompetent  or  guilty  of  any  immorality,  or  fails  to 
be  governed  by   the  rules  and    regulations  of   the 
Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

61.  (375)    Grading  Committee.   Who  Eligible.— 
The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to 
any   authorized   examination,    shall    appoint   three 
teachers    holding    the    highest    grade    certificates 
among  the  teachers  of  the  county  as  a  grading  com- 
mittee; and  keep  secret  the  names  of  persons  com- 
prising said  committee  until  its  work  is  performed. 
Said  committee  shall  immediately  after  the  close  of 
any  examination  carefully  examine  and  grade  each 
paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent. When  the  said  committee  shall  have  completed 
its  work,  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superin- 


30  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

teident  all  papers  turned  over  to  it,  with  a  grada- 
tion sheet,  showing  the  grade  of  each  examinee  in 
each  branch  upon  which  he  or  she  was  examined, 
also  the  average  grade  and  rank  of  each  examinee. 

62.  (376)    Gradation  Sheet.— The  County  Super- 
intendent shall  then,  for  the  first  time,  make  known 
to  the  grading  committee  the  name  corresponding 
to  the  number  of  any  examinee,  and  shall  then,  in 
the  presence  of  said  committee,  present  his  list  and 
write  on  said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of  each  ex- 
aminee after  his  or  her  proper  number.     The  said 
grading  committee  shall  retain  one  copy  of  said 
gradation  sheet,  and  shall  file  one  with  the  County 
Superintendent,  who  shall  issue  certificates  to  the 
examinees  making  averages  according  to  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  361  to  370,  and  to  no  others. 

63.  (377)    Examination  Questions  and  Answers 
Filed. — All  examination  questions  and  answers  pre- 
pared by  the  applicants  for  certificates  shall  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  County  Superintendent  and  prop- 
erly preserved  for  at  least  one  year,  and  in  case  any 
candidate  is  dissatisfied  with  the  grading  of  his  or 
her  papers,  he  or  she  may  file   a  notice  of   appeal 
therefrom,  together  with  a  fee  of  five  dollars,  with 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
who  shall  at  once  forward  the  papers  of  such  appli- 
cant to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion.   Upon  the  receipt  of  such  papers  the  State  Su- 
perintendent shall  at  once  appoint  a  committee  of 
three  leading  teachers  of  the  State  of  Florida  who 
shall,  as  soon  as  parcticable,  regrade  such  papers 
and  certify  their  acts  to  the  County  Superintendent 
of  the  county  from  which  the  appeal  emanated,  and 
these  grades  shall  be  final,  and  the  County  Superin- 
tendent shall  issue  certificates  based  upon  them  only. 
Such  grading  committee  of  appeals  shall  be  paid  by 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  31 

the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  from 
which  the  appeal  emanated  the  sum  of  one  dollar 
and  fifty  cents  each  for  each  set  of  papers  so  graded. 

64.  (378)    Pay  of  Committee.— It   shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  County  Board  to  pay  the  members  of  the 
grading  committee  two  dollars  per  day,  and  five 
cents  a  mile  each  way,  one  trip,  for  the  actual  dis- 
tance traveled,  and  for  the  time  necessary  for  them 
to  perform  their  work.     In  estimating  a  day,  ten 
hours '  actual  service  shall  be  counted  a  day,  and  not 
more  than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  comple- 
tion of  the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  ex- 
amination. 

DUTIES  AND  POWEES  OF  TEACHEBS. 

65.  (379)    Every  Teacher  Is  Directed: 

First. — To  labor  faithfully  and  earnestly  for  the 
advancement  of  the  pupils  in  their  studies,  deport- 
ment and  morals,  and  to  embrace  every  opportunity 
to  inculcate,  by  precept  and  example,  the  principles 
of  truth,  honesty  and  patriotism  and  the  practice  of 
every  Christian  virtue. 

Second. — To  require  the  pupils  to  observe  personal 
cleanliness,  neatness,  order,  promptness  and  gentil- 
ity of  manners,  to  avoid  vulgarity  and  profanity, 
and  to  cultivate  in  them  habits  of  industry,  and 
economy,  a  regard  for  the  rights  and  feelings  of 
others,  and  their  own  responsibilities  and  duties  as 
citizens. 

Third. — To  see  that  the  school  house,  and  all 
things  pertaining  thereto  are  not  unnecessarily  de- 
faced or  injured. 

Fourth. — To  enforce  needful  restrictions  upon  the 
conduct  of  the  pupils  in  or  near  the  school  house  or 
grounds,  avoiding  at  all  times  unnecessary  severity 


32  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

and  measures  of  punishment  that  are  degrading  in 
their  tendency. 

Fifth. — To  suspend  pupils  from  school  for  ten 
days  for  gross  immorality,  misconduct  or  persistent 
violations  of  the  regulations,  giving  immediate 
notice  to  the  parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil,  and  to 
the  School  Supervisor,  of  the  suspension  and  the 
cause  of  it. 

Sixth. — To  hold  a  public  examination  at  the  close 
of  each  school  term,  either  oral  or  written. 

Seventh. — To  deliver  up  the  keys  and  all  school 
property  to  the  Supervisor  on  closing  or  suspending 
the  school,  and  in  all  things  to  conform  to  the  regu- 
lations of  the  department. 

66.  (380)   Teachers  Exempt  from  Jury  and  Mili- 
tary Duty. — No  teacher  while  actually  engaged  in 
his  profession  shall  be  liable  to  military  or  jury  duty. 

67.  (381)    Temporary  Absence  of  Teacher;  How 
Filled. — Whenever  a  teacher  in  a  public  school  of 
this  State  desires  to  be  temporarily  absent  from 
duty,  not  to  exceed  three  days,  and  shall  be  excused 
from  duty  during  such  absence  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent, or  by  the  Trustees  or  Supervisor  of  such 
school,  such  teacher  may  provide  a  substitute,  who 
shall  be  first  approved  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent, Trustees  or  Supervisor  of  such  school,  and  the 
pay  of  such  absent  teacher  shall  be  left  to  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  for  the 
time  of  such  absence,  but  the  pay  of  such  substitute 
shall  be  provided  for  by  the  teacher  whose  place  is 
thus  taken.  When  any  such  teacher  referred  to  here- 
in is  employed  in  a  graded  or  high  school,  the  prin- 
cipal of  such  school  may  approve  of  such  substitute 
and  excuse  such  teacher. 

68.  (382)  When  Absence  Exceeds  Three  Days.— 
When  a  teacher  in  a  public  school  of  this  State  is 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  33 

granted  leave  of  absence  from  duty  by  the  County 
Superintendent  or  Trustees  of  such  school  for  a  time 
exceeding  three  days,  the  temporary  vacancy1  shall 
be  filled  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
or  by  the  County  Superintendent,  or  by  the  Trustees 
of  such  school,  and  such  substitute,  if  practicable, 
shall  be  one  holding  a  teacher's  certificate  for 
the  grade  to  be  supplied,  and  shall  receive  such  pay 
as  shall  be  agreed  upon  by  the  County  Board,  or  by 
the  Trustees  making  such  appointment,  before  en- 
tering upon  duty.  The  pay  of  the  absent  teacher  shall 
cease  during  such  absence. 

69.  (383)    Forfeiture  of  Pay  in  Certain  Cases.— 
Any  teacher  absent  without  leave,  shall  forfeit  pay 
for  the  time  of  such  absence:  Provided,  An  absence 
of  not  exceeding  two  days  may,  with  the  consent  ol 
the  County  Superintendent,  Trustees  or  Supervisor. 
be  made  up  by  such  teacher  teaching  additional 
time:     Provided,     This  section  shall  not  apply  to 
graded  or  high  schools. 

70.  (384)  Teacher's  Report.— A  teacher's  monthly 
report  shall  in  every  case,  except  as  herein  provided, 
be  made  for  twenty  days  of  actual  teaching,  and 
such  report  must  be  filed  with  the  County  Superin- 
tendent before  warrant  may  be  drawn  for  all  or  any 
part  of  such  service:  Provided,  That  a  school  holi- 
day  occurring   in   any   scholastic  month   may   be 
counted  as  one  of  the  twenty  days  taught ;  and,  Pro- 
vided, That  when  a  school  term  may  embrace  a  frac- 
tional number  of  months,  the  last  monthly  report 
shall  be  made  for  a  fractional  part  of  a  month,  and 
payment  shall  be  made  for  such  fraction  of  a  month. 


3— s.  L. 


34  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

PUBLIC  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  EUEAL  GEADED 
SCHOOLS. 

(This  Article  Ee-enacted  by  Chap.  5382.) 

71.  (386)   Number  of  Years  of  Instruction.— The 
uniform  system  of  public  free  schools  of  the  State 
of  Florida   shall   provide   for   twelve    consecutive 
school  years  of  instruction,  exclusive  of  kindergar- 
tens, normals,  colleges  and  universities,  and  such 
other  schools  as  may  be  designated  or  established 
by  the  Legislature. 

72.  (387)    School   Year.— Each    school    year    of 
instruction  shall  be  designated  as  a  grade;  arid  no 
official  course  of  study  shall  recognize  less  than  a 
school  year  of  eight  months  of  instruction  as  consti- 
tuting the  work  of  a  grade. 

73.  (388)    Grades  of  Instruction.— The  first  two 
grades  shall  be  known  as  primary  grades ;  the  third, 
fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  grades  shall  be  known  as  in- 
termediate grades;  the  seventh  and  eighth  grades 
shall  be  known  as  grammar  grades;  the  ninth  and 
tenth  grades  shall  be  known  as  junior  high  school 
grades,  and  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  grades  shall 
be  known  as  senior  high  school  grades. 

74.  (389)    Primary  Grades.— Instruction  shall  be 
given  in  the  primary  grades  in  reading,  spelling, 
language,    physiology   and   hygiene,    numbers    and 
writing,  and  such  lessons  in  music,  drawing,  geog- 
raphy, nature  study,  morals  and  manners,  as  may 
be  provided  for  in  the  county  course  of  study. 

75.  (390)   Intermediate  Grades. — Instruction  shall 
be  given  in  the  intermediate  grades  in  reading,  spell- 
ing, language,    arithmetic,    geography,  physiology, 
hygiene,  writing,  elementary  science,  and  such  les- 
sons in  music,  drawingj  history,  nature  study,  morals 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  35 

and  manners,  as  may  be  provided  for  in  the  county 
course  of  study. 

76.  (391)    Grammar    Grades. — Instruction  shall 
be  given  in  the  grammar  grades  in  reading,  orthog- 
raphy,   grammar,    arithmetic    (oral    and    written), 
science,  physiology,  geography,  history    and    civil 
government  of  Florida,  and  of  the  United  States, 
and  such  lessons  in  music,  drawing,  morals  and  man- 
ners, manual  training,  domestic  arts  and  sciences, 
and   agriculture,   as  may  be  provided  for  in   the 
county  course  of  study. 

77.  (392)   High  School  Grades.— Instruction  shall 
be  given  in  the  high  school  grades  in  such  subjects 
and  to   such  extent  as   shall  be  designated   in  the 
course  of  study  for  high  schools  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for. 

78.  (393)    Course   of   Study.— Immediately  after 
the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act,  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  appoint  a 
committee  of  not  less  than  six  nor  more  than  ten  of 
the  most  capable  persons,  of  whom  not  less  than  one- 
third  shall  be  presidents  or  principals  of  State  in- 
stitutions for  higher  education,  and  not  less  than 
one-third   shall   be   principals    of   high   or   graded 
schools,   and  these,  together  with  himself,   at  the 
earliest  practicable  date,  shall  prepare  a  standard 
course  of  study  for  high  school  grades.    Said  course 
of  study  shall  prescribe  minimum  requirements,  and 
shall  be  arranged,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  secure 
equality  of  mental  power  and  training  among  those 
completing  its  instruction,  and  to  insure  suitable 
preparation   for  entrance  into   the  lowest   college 
classes  of  the  State  institutions  for  higher  education ; 
but  shall  not  prescribe  unnecessary  details  as  to 
order  or  method  of  instruction,  though  it  may  rec- 
ommend such  details.    When  such  course  of  study 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

shall  have  been  prepared,  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  shall  cause  same  to  be  printed 
for  free  distribution. 

79.  (394)  Expenses  of  Committee  Paid.— The 
members  of  the  committee  provided  for  in  the  pre- 
ceding section  shall  serve  without  compensation,  but 
they  shall  be  paid  all  necessary  expenses  incurred  in 
performing  the  services  required. 

*80.  (395)  State  Aid  for  High  Schools.— Any  pub- 
lic high  school  maintained  by  taxation  and  con- 
trolled by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
which  shall  provide  instruction  of  the  character  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  high  school  grades,  and  which 
shall  be  conducted  in  a  suitable  building  with  a  rea- 
sonable amount  of  furniture  and  equipment,  may 
receive  from  the  State  Treasury  aid  as  follows :  Any 
high  school  which  shall  maintain  only  the  first  two 
or  junior  grades,  prescribed  in  the  official  course  of 
study  for  high  schools,  shall  receive  $360.00  per 
annum  for  three  years;  and  any  high  school  main- 
taining all  four,  or  junior  and  senior  high  school 
grades,  as  prescribed  by  the  State  course  of  study 
for  high  schools,  shall  receive  six  hundred  ($600.00) 
dollars  per  annum  for  three  years. 

*81.  (396)  State  Aid  for  Rural  Graded  Schools.— 
Any  public  school  which  shall  be  maintained  not 
less  than  three  miles  distance  from  any  town  or  city 
of  more  than  five  hundred  inhabitants  which  shall 
be  supported  by  the  public  school  funds  and  con- 
trolled by  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
which  shall  provide  all  instruction  of  the  character 
prescribed  by  law,  in  intermediate  and  grammar 
grades,  during  not  less  than  eight  months  of  each 
year,  and  which  shall  be  conducted  by  not  less  than 
two  qualified  teachers  in  a  suitable  building,  and 
which  shall  have  necessary  equipment  and  furni- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  37 

ture,  shall  receive  from  the  State  Treasury  two  hun- 
dred dollars  ($200.00)  per  annum  for  four  years: 
Provided,  That  the  three-mile  limit,  prescribed  in 
this  section,  shall  not  apply  to  schools  the  pupils 
of  which  are  prevented  by  natural  barriers  from  at- 
tending the  nearest  graded  schools 

*82.  (397)  How  State  Aid  Granted.— In  order  to 
receive  aid  as  provided  for  in  the  two  preceding 
sections,  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
controlling  any  school  entitled  to  receive  same,  shall 
make  application  to  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  said  State 
Board  of  Education,  not  later  than  January  1st  of 
any  school  year.  Upon  receipt  of  such  application 
the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  cause  investiga- 
tion of  same  to  be  made  by  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  and  if  satisfied  that  all  con- 
ditions have  been  complied  with  fully,  the  said 
Board  of  Education  shall  make  requisition  upon  the 
State  Comptroller  for  the  amount  due  under  provis- 
ions of  the  two  preceding  sections:  Provided,  That 
if  the  amount  appropriated  for  any  year  shall  prove 
insufficient  to  aid  all  schools  duly  entitled  thereto, 
then  the  amount  available  under  this  article  shall 
be  prorated  among  all  the  schools  that  have  com- 
plied with  the  conditions  herein  imposed. 

*83.  (398)  State  Aid  Not  Granted  Same  Schools 
Twice  in  One  Year. — Aid  shall  under  no  circum- 
stances be  granted  to  the  same  school  a  second  time 
during  the  same  scholastic  year,  nor  shall  any  school 
be  permitted  to  receive  aid  a  second  time  because  of 
a  change  of  name,  number,  location  or  any  other 
change  which  may  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  se- 


*These  sections  declared  unconstitutional  by  State 
Supreme  Court. 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

curing  additional  aid  for  the  same  school  or  for  any 
school  instituted  in  the  stead  of  the  same  school. 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTEICTS. 

84.  (399)    Special    Tax    Schools. — Each    county 
shall  constitute  a  school  unit;  all  sub-divisions  of  a 
county  for  school  purposes  shall  be  designated  as 
school  districts;  all  school  districts  levying  a  school 
district  tax  shall  hereafter  be  desigated  as  special 
tax  school  districts,  and  all  schools  receiving  any 
district 'tax,  as  special  tax  schools. 

85.  (400)   Petition  for  Election,  Etc.— It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  any 
county  to  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  any  subdi- 
vision of  any  city,  or  incorporated  town,  community 
or  subdivision  of  the  county,  at  such  time  and  place 
as  said  Board  may  direct,  whenever  one-fourth  of 
the  qualified  electors  that  pay  a  tax  on  real  or  per- 
sonal property,  and  are  resident  in  such  city,  incor- 
porated  town,    community,    or   subdivision   of   the 
county,  shall  petition  for  such  election,  to  determine 
whether  such  city,  incorporated  town,  community  or 
subdivision  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax 
school  'district  for  the  purpose  of  levying  and  col- 
lecting a  district  school  tax  for  the  exclusive  use  of 
public  free  schools  within  the  district;  at  such  elec- 
tion the  following  matters  shall  be  determined  by  a 
majority  of  the  ballots  cast  by  electors  qualified  as 
herein  prescribed,  except  that  the  three  persons  re- 
ceiving the  highest  vote  at  such  election  shall  be 
declared  School  Trustees  of  said  district:     First, 
whether  the  city,  incorporated  town,  community  or 
subdivision  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax 


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school  district;  Second,  who  shall  be  the  School 
Trustees  of  said  district;  Third,  the  number  of  mills 
of  district  tax  to  be  levied  and  collected  annually 
for  the  two  succeeding  years.  The  three  persons 
receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  cast  shall  be 
declared  the  Trustees  elected  for  the  special  tax 
school  district:  Provided,  A  majority  of  all  the  votes 
cast  be  in  favor  of  creating  such  special  tax  district, 
who  shall  serve  for  the  next  ensuing  two  years  and 
perform  the  duties  hereinafter  prescribed. 

86.  (401)    Boundaries  of  District.— The  petition 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  shall  prescribe 
the  boundaries  of  the  subdivisions  of  any  city  or 
incorporated  town,  community  or  subdivision  of  the 
county  intended  to  be  formed  into  a  special  tax 
school  district.    The  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
may,  however,  change  the  boundaries  thereof  before 
ordering  any  such  elections,  but  shall  in  no  case  in- 
clude territory  not  included  in  the  original  petition, 
and  shall  give  notice  of    any  such  change  in  the 
notice  of  election.    Special  tax  school  districts  cre- 
ated under  this  act,  shall  continue  until  dis-estab- 
lished  or  changed  by  like  proceeding  as  those  by 
which  they  were  created.    The  petition  provided  for 
by  the  preceding  section  shall  be  published  once  a 
week  for  four  successive  weeks,  in  some  newspaper 
published  in  the  county  having  a  general  circula- 
tion throughout  the  county;    and  the    publication 
shall  state  when  such  election  will  be  presented  to 
such  Boards.    In  case  there  shall  be  no  newspaper 
published  in  the  county,  such  petition  and  notice 
shall  be  posted  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  the 
next  section  for  the  posting  of  notice  of  election. 

87.  (402)    Board  of   Public  Instruction  to  Give 
Notice  and  Appoint  Inspectors.— It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  to 


40  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

cause  a  notice  of  said  election  to  be  published  once 
a  week  for  four  successive  weeks  prior  thereto  in  a 
newspaper  published  within  the  county,  and  having 
a  general  circulation  throughout  the  county;  but  if 
no  newspaper  be  published  in  such  county,  then  it 
shall  cause  five  written  or  printed  notices  of  said 
election  to  be  posted  in  five  public  places  within  the 
territory  in  which  the  election  is  ordered.  It  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction to  appoint  inspectors  and  clerks  for  said 
election,  whose  duty  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of 
similar  officers  in  general  elections,  except  as  herein 
stated. 

88.  (403)    Canvass  of  Returns.— The  Board   of 
Public  Instruction  shall  canvass  the  returns  of  elec- 
tion as  made  to  it  by  the  inspectors  and  clerks  of 
election,  and  declare  the  results  at  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  said  Board,  or  at  a  special  meeting  called 
for  that  purpose. 

89.  (404)    Election. — All  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict elections  shall  be  held  and  conducted  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  law  for  holding  general  elec- 
tions, except  as  provided  in  this  article,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  of  Begis- 
tration  of  any  county,  to  furnish  upon  payment  for 
such  service  to  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, on  demand,   a  certified  list  of  the  qualified 
voters  residing  in  a  special  tax  school  district,  or  the 
territory  to  be  created  into  a  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict, that  have  paid  a  tax  on  personal  or  real  prop- 
erty for  the  year  next  preceding  any  such  special 
tax  election. 

90.  (405)    Who  Entitled  to   Vote;   Expenses.— 

All  qualified  voters  residing  within  the  territory 
sought  to  be  made  a  special  tax  school  district  that 
pay  a  tax  on  real  or  personal  property  shall  be  enti- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  41 

tied  to  vote  in  said  election,  and  a  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  shall  determine  any  matter  voted  upon, 
pertaining  to  a  special  tax  school  district.  The  cost 
of  the  publication  of  the  notice  and  of  the  election 
itself,  shall  be  paid  by  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  out  of  the  first  moneys  collected  from 
the  special  tax  district. 

91.  (406)    Election  Bi-Ennially.— Elections  shall 
be  held  bi-ennially  in  each  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict, as  near  as  practicable  upon  the  anniversary 
of  the  original  election  under  the  direction  of  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  to  determine 
who  shall  be  Trustees  for  the  next  succeeding  two 
years,  and  the  number  of  mills  of  district  school  tax 
to  be  levied  for  each  of  said  years ;  said  election  shall 
be  held  under  the  same  rules  and  regulations,  and 
qualifications  of  electors  shall  be  the  same  as  pre- 
scribed for  those  voting  in  the  original  election  cre- 
ating a  special  tax  school  district. 

92.  (407)    Supervisor  Superseded  by  Trustees.— 
Whenever  a  special  tax  school  district  is  created 
and  Trustees  are  elected,  they  shall  have  the  super- 
vision of  all  the  public  schools  within  said  district. 
The  position  of  Supervisor  shall  be  superseded  by 
that  of  Trustees,  and  the  duties  prescribed  by  law 
for  the  Supervisors  shall  be  performed  by  the  Trus- 
tees.   The  powers  of  Trustees  shall  not  be  those  of 
control,  but  of  supervision  only,  and  shall  extend  to 
all  of  the  public  schools  within  the  special  tax  dis- 
trict.   Any  Trustee  failing  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
the  position  shall  be  removed,  after  due  notice  to 
such  Trustee,  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction, and  all  vacancies  occurring  in  the  Board 
of  Trustees  from  any  cause,  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 


42  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

struction,  upon  nomination  by  the  patrons  of  the 
schools. 

93.  (408)    Under  Control  of  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  and  County  Superintendent. — All 

public  schools  conducted  within  a  special  tax  school 
district  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  and  County 
Superintendent  as  in  other  districts,  and  subject  to 
the  same  laws,  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  for 
the  conduct  of  other  schools,  except  that  the  Trus- 
tees shall  have  the  power  to  nominate  to  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  teachers  for  all  schools 
within  such  special  district:  Provided,  That  no  per- 
son be  nominated  for  teacher  who  does  not  hold  a 
teacher's  certificate  unimpaired  by  suspension,  revo- 
cation or  limitation,  or  that  will  not  remain  in  full 
force  for  the  term  of  school,  and  obtained  in  com- 
pliance with  the  laws  of  this  State.  The  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  the  right  to 
reject  any  teacher  nominated,  and  in  case  the  second 
nomination  of  a  teacher  for  any  position  be  not  rati- 
fied, the  said  Board  shall  then  proceed,  on  its  own 
motion,  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  teaching  force  in  any 
school  in  the  special  tax  ^chool  district. 

94.  (409)     Application   of   School  Funds.— The 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  the  further  right  to  say 
what  proportion  of  the  school  funds  raised  within 
the  district  shall  be  applied  in  any  year  to  buildings, 
repairs  on  buildings,  to  school  libraries,  to  salaries 
of  teachers  and  to  other  educational  purposes:  Pro- 
vided, That  they  shall  make  a  fair  and  equitable  dis- 
tribution of  the  funds  among  all  the  schools  in  the 
special  tax  school  district,  which  shall  be  shown  in 
their  itemized  estimate. 

95.  (410)    Duty  of  Trustees  as  to  Money  To  Be 
Raised. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  Trustees,  on  or 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  43 

before  the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year,  to  prepare 
an  itemized  estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money 
necessary  likely  to  be  raised  for  the  supplement  of 
the  county  school  funds  appropriated  to  the  district 
for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  and  to  certify 
therein  the  rate  of  millage  voted  to  be  assessed  and 
collected  upon  the  taxable  property,  within  the  spe- 
cial tax  school  district  for  that  year.  This  estimate 
shall  set  forth  clearly  the  apportionment  of  money 
raised  within  the  district,  prorated  to  each  school 
within  the  district,  stating  the  amount  that  will  be 
applied  to  the  salaries  of  teachers,  buildings,  furni- 
ture, or  for  other  educational  purposes.  It  shall  also 
state  the  number  of  miles  of  railroad  track  and  tele- 
graph lines  within  the  boundaries  of  the  district. 
This  itemized  estimate  shall  be  made  in  triplicate, 
one  copy  to  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  Board 
of  County  Commissioners,  one  copy  with  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  State,  one  copy  with  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction:  Provided,  That  where  there 
are  no  railroads  or  telegraph  lines  in  such  district 
such  itemized  estimate  need  not  be  furnished  to  the 
Comptroller. 

96.  (411)  Duty  of  County  Commissioners. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Commissioners  to 
order  the  Assessor  to  assess,  and  the  Collector  to 
collect  the  amount  legally  assessed  upon  the  prop- 
erty of  the  special  district,  at  the  rate  of  millage 
designated  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  pay  the 
same  to  the  County  Treasurer.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  to  assess  all  railroads 
and  railroad  property,  together  with  telegraph  lines 
and  telegraph  property,  situated  in  such  special  tax 
school  district  and  to  collect  the  taxes  thereon  in 
the  same  manner  as  required  by  law  to  assess  and 
collect  said  taxes  for  State  and  county  purposes, 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

and  to  remit  the  same  to  the  Treasurers  of  the  coun- 
ties, to  be  by  them  held  to  the  credit  of  each  special 
tax  school  district  fund  and  to  be  paid  out  as  herein- 
after provided. 

97.  (412)    Duty  of  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction  to  add  the  amount  set  apart 
for  the  salaries  of  teachers  in  each  school  within  the 
special  tax  school  district  to  the  county  appropria- 
tion made  for  that  school,  and  upon  this  determine 
the  salaries  to  be  paid  teachers  and  the  length  of 
the  term  that  the  school  shall  continue,  and  contract 
with  teachers  for  the  full  term  that  said  fund,  aris- 
ing from  both  county  appropriation  and  the  special 
tax  fund,  will  sustain  the  school.    The  part  of  this 
fund  arising  from  the  special  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the 
teachers  upon  the  order  of  the  County  Board,  based 
upon  reports  approved  by  the  Trustees,  the  same  as 
other  school  funds  are  paid  upon  the  endorsement 
of  School  Supervisors.    The  County  Treasurer  shall 
be  liable  for  all  special  tax  school  district  funds 
upon  his  official  bond,  after  receiving  said  funds,  as 
in  the  case  of  other  county  revenues. 

98.  (413)    Special  Tax  Fund.— The  special  tax 
fund  set  apart  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the 
payment  of  teachers  shall  not  be  subject  to  requisi- 
tion for  any  other  purpose  by  said  Trustees;    the 
fund  estimated  for  other  educational  purposes  shall 
be  paid  out  by  warrants  of  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  county  upon  the  County  Treasurer, 
and  said  warrants  to  be  based  upon  requisitions 
made  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  accompanied  by 
itemized  bills  for  things  purchased  or  work  per- 
pormed.    All  special  funds  collected  within  a  school 
district  shall  be  disbursed  solely  for  school  purposes 
within  the  district  in  which  the  tax  is  collected,  and, 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  45 

as  near  as  practicable,  in  the  year  in  which  the  tax 
is  collected,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees :  Provided,  That  the  Trustees  shall  make 
no  contract  with  any  of  its  members  embracing  any 
monetary  consideration. 

99.  (414)   Trustees  Shall  Be  a  Corporation.— The 
Trustees  of  any  school  district  shall  be  a  corpora- 
tion, and  may  hold  property,  sue  and  be  sued,  and 
perform  other  corporate  functions,  and  perform  the 
usual  duties  necessary  to  provide  buildings,  repair 
the  same,  and  to  purchase  libraries  and  other  school 
appliances:  Provided,  That  no  debt  shall  be  created 
without  the  approval  of  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

100.  (415)  Non-Resident  Children  May  Attend.- 
Children  residing  outside  of  any  special  tax  school 
district  shall  not  attend  school  in  any  such  district 
without  the  consent  of  the  Trustees  thereof,  and  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction:  Provided, 
That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  attendance  from  an  adjoining  county,  pro- 
vided the  County  School  Board  of   such  adjoining 
county  shall  pay  a  pro  rata  share  of  such  attendance. 
Such  pro  rata  share  to  be  estimated  by  the  Trustees 
of  such  school  where  such  attendance  is  made:  Pro- 
vided further,  That  pupils  from  other  districts  or 
sub-districts  shall  be  subject  to  same  conditions  as 
pupils  from  other  counties  as  herein  provided  for. 

101.  (416)    Form  of  Ballot. — Each  voter  voting 
at  any  such  election  shall  vote  but  one  ballot,  and 
the  same  shall  be  written  or  printed  in  black  ink, 
on  plain  white  paper,  and  be  substantially  of  the 
following  form,  according  as  he  may  desire  to  vote 
upon  any,  or  all  of  the  questions  submitted: 


46  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

For  (or  against)  Special  Tax  School  District 
For  school  Trustees  (stating  their  names) .  . . 


Maximum  tax  levy mills 

(Discontinuing  Special  Tax  Districts;  See  Ch.  5389.) 

SUNDRY  PROVISIONS. 

102.  (508)    Poll  Tax.— A  poll  tax  of  one  dollar 
shall  be  levied  upon  each  male  person  over  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  and  under  the  age  of  fifty-five 
years,  except  such   as   have   lost   a  limb  in  battle, 
which  tax  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  school  fund, 
and  shall  be  collected  when  taxes  on  property  are 
collected.  It  shall  be  illegal  for  a  Collector  to  give 
any  receipt  for  taxes  on  any    property  to  persons 
owing  poll  tax  until  the  poll  tax  is  paid,  and  the 
Collector  shall  on  the  first  day  of  each  month  make 
out  a  statement  giving  the  names  of  the  parties  who 
have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  and   present    the  same 
sworn  to  by  said  Collector  to  the  County  Commis- 
sioners at  their  regular  meeting  and  present  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  County  Treasurer  for  the  same. 

103.  (509)  Tax  Collector  to  Furnish  List  of  Polls 
to  School  Board. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax 
Collector  in  each  county  to  file  on  or  before  the  tenth 
day  of  every  month  with  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  a  certified  list  of  the  names  of  all  per- 
sons whose  poll  taxes  were  paid  during  the  previous 
month,  giving  the  year  for  which  payments  were 
made. 

104.  (819)   To  Be  Treasurers  of  School  Funds.— 
The  County  Treasurers  of  the  several  counties  in 
this  State  shall  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  consti- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  47 

tuted  the  treasurers  of  the  school  funds  in  their 
respective  counties. 

105.  (820)    Fees  of  Treasurer  of  School  Fund. — 
The  Treasurer  of  the  county  school  fund  shall  be 
paid  for  receipts  and  disbursements  of  county  school 
funds   the   same   commissions   allowed   by   law   to 
County  Treasurers  for  receipts  and  disbursements  of 
county  funds,  the  said  commissions  to  be  paid  by  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  from  the  county 
school  fund  upon  vouchers  approved  by  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

106.  (1573)    Persons  Exempt  from  Jury  Duty.— 
The    following    persons  shall    be 
exempt   from   jury   duty:     *                      officers    of 
the  university,  officers  of  colleges,  preceptors  and 
teachers  of  incorporated  academies,  teachers  of  com- 
mon schools. 

PENALTIES. 

107.  (3430)    Injuring  Dwelling   Houses,    School 
Houses,    Churches,    Etc. — Whoever    wantonly    and 
maliciously,  or  wantonly   and    without    cause,    de- 
stroys, defaces,  mars  or  injures  any  dwelling  house 
or    any    school    house,    church    or    other   building 
erected  or  used  for  the  purpose  of  education  or  re- 
ligious instruction  or  for  the  general  diffusion  of 
knowledge,  or  any  of  the  outbuildings,  fences,  walls, 
or  appurtenances  of  such  school  house,  church  or 
other  building,  or  any  furniture,  apparatus  or  other 
property  belonging  to  or  connected  with  such  school 
house,  church  or  other  building,  shall  be  punished 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  fine 
not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

108.  (3541)     Obscenity    on    School    Buildings, 
Etc. — Whoever  wilfully  cuts,  paints,  pastes  or  de- 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

faces,  by  writing  or  in  any  other  manner,  any  school 
building,  furniture,  apparatus,  appliance,  outbuild- 
ing, ground,  fence,  tree,  post  or  other  school  prop- 
erty with  obscene  word,  image  or  device  shall  be 
punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  fifteen 
days,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 
This  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  pupil  in  and  sub- 
ject to  the  discipline  of  the  school. 

109.  (3543)    Insulting  Teachers  in  Pupils'  Pres- 
ence.— Whoever,  within  the  school  house  or  grounds, 
upbraids  or  insults  any  teacher  in  the  presence  of 
the  pupils  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not 
exceeding  fifteen  days,  or    by   fine  not    exceeding 
twenty-five  dollars.    This  section  shall  not  apply  to 
any  pupil  in  and  subject  to  the  discipline  of  the 
school. 

110.  (3547)    Disturbing  Schools,  Religious  and 
Other  Assemblies. — Whoever  wilfully  interrupts  or 
disturbs  any  school,  or  any  assembly  of  people  met 
for  the  worship  of  God,  or  for  any  other  lawful  pur- 
pose, shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days. 

111.  (  3731)    Penalty  for  School  Officers  Dealing 
in  Text  Books. — No  Superintendent  or  School  Board 
of  any  county,  or  any   person  officially    connected 
with   the   government   or   direction   of  the  public 
schools,  or  teacher  thereof,  shall  receive  any  private 
fee,  gratuity,  donation  or  compensation,  in  any  man- 
ner whatsoever,  for  promoting  the  sale  or  the  ex- 
change of  any  school  book,  map  or  chart  in  any  pub- 
lic school,  or  be  an  agent  for  the  sale  or  the  pub- 
lisher of  any  school  text  book,  or  be  directly  or  indi- 
rectly pecuniarily  interested  in  the  introduction  of 
any  such  text  book,  and  any  such  agency  or  interest 
shall  disqualify  any  person  so  acting  or  interested 
from  holding  any  school  office  whatsover,  and  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  49 

party  so  offending  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
thirty  days. 

112.  (3809)    Sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquor  Within 
Four  Miles  of  School  Houses. — It  shall  he  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  tipple, 
except  in  incorporated  towns  and  cities,  any  intoxi- 
cating liquors  of  whatever  character,  within  a  dis- 
tance of  four  miles  of  any  public  or  private  school 
building,  whether  said  school  shall  be  in  session  or 
not,  or  any  chartered  institution  of  learning,  or  of 
any  church  building  of  whatever  denomination:  Pro- 
vided, That  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to 
repeal,  modify  or  in  any  way  change  the  local  option 
law  now  in  force  in  this  State:  Provided,  also,  That 
this  section  shall  not  repeal  any  part  of  the  law  of 
1895,  permitting  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  domestic 
wines:  Provided,  also,  That  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  nor  affect  the  sale  of  such  liquors  to  guests 
only  by  hotel  proprietors  where  such  hotels  contain 
twenty-five  rooms  or  more,  nor  shall  it  apply  to  or 
affect  social  clubs  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  this  State,  selling  to  members  only,  if  such  hotels 
and  clubs  have  duly  complied  with  the  general  law 
of  this  State  relating  to  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors:  Provided,  This  shall  not  apply  to  localities 
where  liquors  are  now  sold  within  five  hundred  feet 
of  incorporated  towns,  or  to  saloons  where  existing 
in  towns  of  two  hundred  or  more  inhabitants  where 
such  saloon  is  the  only  one  within  a  distance  of  fifty 
miles.    Whoever  violates  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  for 
a  period  xnot  more  than  three  months. 

113.  (3810)   White  Children  and  Negro  Children 
Are  Not  To  Be  Taught  in  Same  School.— It  shall  be 


50  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

a  penal  offense  for  any  individual,  body  of  indi- 
viduals, corporation  or  association  to  conduct  with- 
in this  State  any  school  of  any  grade,  public,  private 
or  parochial,  wherein  white  persons  and  negroes 
shall  be  instructed  or  boarded  within  the  same  build- 
ing, or  taught  in  the  same  class,  or  at  the  same  time 
by  the  same  teachers.  Any  person  or  persons  vio- 
lating the  provisions  of  this  section  by  patronizing 
or  teaching  in  such  school  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  nor  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  less 
than  three  months,  nor  more  than  six  months  for 
every  such  offense. 

114.  (3811)  For  Violation  of  the  Law  To  Secure 
Impartiality  and  Fairness  in  the  Examination  of 
Teachers. — Any  Superintendent,  County  or  State, 
violating  the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  the  exami- 
nation and  certification  of  teachers,  upon  conviction 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  debarred  from  holding 
any  school  office  in  this  State. 


CHAPTER  5384. 

AN  ACT  to  abolish  the  Florida  Agricultural  College, 
now  officially  designated  as  the  University  of 
Florida,  located  at  Lake  City;  the  West  Florida 
Seminary  now  known  as  the  Florida  State  Col- 
lege, located  at  Tallahassee;  the  White  Normal 
School,  located  at  DeFuniak  Springs;  the  East 
Florida  Seminary,  located  at  Gainesville;  the 
South  Florida  College,  located  at  Bartow;  the 
Florida  Agricultural  Institute,  located  in  Osceola 
County,  and  to  vacate  and  revoke  their  charters, 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  51 

powers,  franchises  and  privileges,  and  to  abolish 
their  Boards  of  Trustees,  managers  and  officers; 
to  declare  their  assets  and  property  the  property 
of  the  State  of  Florida,  and  to  vest  the  title  to 
same  in  the  State  Board  of  Education  in  trust  for 
the  purposes  provided  in  this  act,  to  require  the 
conveyance  of  title  and  the  delivery  of  all  prop- 
erty and  assets  of  said  abolished  institutions  to 
the  said  State  Board  of  Education  by  the  Trus- 
tees, Managers  or  other  persons  having  the  title, 
possession,  custody  or  control  of  the  assets  of  said 
institutions;  requiring  an  accounting  and  reports 
therefrom,  including  a  statement  of  all  their  lia- 
bilities and  the  auditing  of  the  same;  providing 
for  the  payment  of  the  indebtedness  of  said  insti- 
tutions; revoking  and  abolishing  all  continuing 
appropriations  made  or  granted  thereto;  for  the 
repeal  of  Sections  278,  279,  280,  281,  282,  283,  284, 
285,  287,  288,  289,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295,  296,  297, 
298  and  299  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  Florida, 
relating  to  the  creation  and  establishment  of  the 
Florida  Agricultural  College,  its  organization, 
powers,  rights  and  privileges  and  matters  per- 
taining thereto;  for  the  repeal  of  Sections  301, 
302,  303,  304,  305,  306,  307,  308,  309,  310,  311,  312; 
313,  314,  315,  316,  317,  318,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323, 
325,  326  and  327  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  Flor- 
ida relating  to  the  organization,  creation  and 
establishment  of  the  Seminaries  East  and  West 
of  the  Suwannee  Eiver,  their  location,  powers, 
rights,  privileges  and  matters  pertaining  thereto; 
the  repeal  of  Section  268  of  the  Eevised  Statutes 
of  Florida  relating  to  the  establishment  of  a 
White  Normal  School  at  DeFuniak  Springs,  and 
providing  for  the  election  of  a  faculty  therefor; 
the  abolishing  of  the  Normal  and  Industrial  De- 


52  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

partment  created  in  the  St.  Petersburg  Normal 
and  Industrial  School  located  at  St.  Petersburg, 
and  the  repealing  of  Chapter  4998  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  entitled  "an  act  to  assist  in  the  main- 
taining an  Industrial  and  Normal  Department  in 
the  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial  School; 
to  create  scholarships  therein  and  to  make  appro- 
priations therefor/7  approved  May  31,  1901;  pro- 
viding that  no  further  appropriations  or  State  aid 
shall  be  made  to  the  said  institution,  the  striking 
from  the  name  of  said  institution  of  the  words 
"Normal  and  Industrial,"  and  the  relinquishing 
to  the  County  of  Hillsborough  of  all  interest  pos- 
sessed by  the  State  in  and  to  the  said  school  or 
its  property  by  reason  of  the  appropriations  made 
and  aid  granted  thereto;  for  the  amendment  of 
Section  269  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida  relating  to  the  establishment  of  a  nor- 
mal school  for  colored  teachers,  and  providing  for 
the  election  of  a  faculty  therefor;  the  establish- 
ment, creation  and  location  of  the  University  of 
the  State  to  be  known  as  the  University  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  and  one  female  Seminary  to  be 
known  as  the  Florida  Female  College,  for  the 
maintenance  and  support  of  same;  providing  for 
the  change  of  location  of  the  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  now  located  at  St.  Augus- 
tine, and  its  enlargement,  maintenance  and  sup- 
port; providing  for  the  maintenance,  support  and 
greater  efficiency  of  the  Colored  Normal  School 
located  at  Tallahassee,  and  for  the  change  of 
location  of  the  same  as  may  be  desired;  for  the 
creation  of  a  Board  of  Control  to  manage  and 
control  all  of  said  several  institutions  created  and 
provided  to  be  supported  and  maintained  by  this 
act,  and  to  provide  for  their  appointment,  terms 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  53 

/      • 
of  office,  manner  of  their  succession,  organization, 

compensation,  modes  and  manner  of  payment  and 
matters  connected  therewith;  granting  unto  said 
Board,  the  control  and  management  of  said  insti- 
tutions and  every  department  thereof,  full  power 
and  authority  to  that  end,  and  for  the  employ- 
ment of  all  instructors,  teachers,  servants  and 
employees ;  for  the  purchase  of  all  property,  furni- 
ture, paraphernalia  and  matters  for  said  institu- 
tions and  the  proper  administration  of  the  same, 
and  the  mode  and  manner  by  which  the  expense  of 
their  operation,  support  and  maintenance  shall  be 
provided  and  paid;  making  the  said  Board  and 
its  actions  subject  to  the  control  and  supervision 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  providing 
for  joint  meetings  of  the  same;  creating  the  said 
Board  of  Control  a  body  corporate  and  prescrib- 
ing its  powers  and  duties;  appropriating  the  as- 
sets and  property  of -such  institution  so  selected 
to  the  location,  establishment,  support  and  main- 
tenance of  the  said  institution  or  institutions  that 
may  be  so  located;  providing  as  to  how  the  said 
funds,  assets  and  property  of  the  abolished  Uni- 
versity of  Florida  shall  be  disposed  of,  including 
the  funds  arising  under  the  Hatch  and  Morrill 
acts,  and  as  to  the  establishment  of  the  Experi- 
ment Station  provided  by  the  United  States;  pro- 
viding for  the  disposition  of  any  endowment  or 
funds  belonging  to  the  said  State  College  and  not 
the  property  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  case  none 
of  said  institutions  created  or  maintained  by  this 
act  shall  be  located  at  Tallahassee,  and  in  case 
one  of  said  institutions  created  by  this  act  shall 
be  located  there,  and  for  any  necessary  accounting 
between  the  City  of  Tallahassee  and  the  State  of 
Florida  in  regard  thereto;  providing  for  the  es- 


54  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tablishment  in  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  created  by  this  act  of  an  Agricultural, 
Industrial  and  Mechanical  Department  and  Nor- 
mal Department  for  the  Instruction  of  White 
Teachers,  Summer  Schools,  a  classical  and  scien- 
tific department,  and  such  other  departments  of 
higher  education  as  the  said  Boards  shall  deem 
necessary;  providing  for  the  design  of  education; 
for  the  admission  of  students;  for  scholarships; 
for  rules  and  regulations  in  that  regard,  and  as 
to  grades  of  education,  and  the  powers  of  said 
Boards  in  regard  thereto;  providing  for  the  ap- 
propriation of  the  Seminary  Morrill  and  Hatch 
funds  and  the  interest  thereon  as  required  by  the 
acts  of  Congress  granting  the  same ;  providing  for 
a  settlement  with  the  City  of  Gainesville  and  the 
town  of  Lake  City  in  case  neither  of  the  Institu- 
tions created  or  maintained  by  this  act  shall  be 
located  at  either  of  said  places  and  for  the  refund- 
ing of  donations  made  by  said  places  respectively 
to  the  institutions  formerly  located  thereat  and 
abolished  by  this  act,  in  case  that  none  of  the 
institutions  are  located  by  said  Boards  at  such 
points;  providing  for  the  sale  and  disposal  of  all 
the  assets  by  this  act  not  specifically  appropriated, 
and  for  the  creation  of  a  fund  arising  from  any 
surplus  assets  and  property,  and  the  disposal  of 
the  same;  providing  for  an  appropriation  by  the 
State  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  and  assisting  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  for 
aj  continuing  appropriation  for  the  maintenance 
and  support  of  said  institutions  as  may  be  requi- 
site and  necessary  from  time  to  time;  providing 
for  the  auditing  and  approving  of  all  accounts  in 
the  operation,  enlargement,  maintenance  and  con- 
duct of  the  institutions  provided  for  and  main- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  55 

tained  by  this  act,  and  the  modes  and  manner  of 
their  payment;  providing  as  to  who  shall  keep 
and  have  possession  of  all  funds  provided  for 
under  this  act  and  subsequent  acts  in  relation 
thereto;  as  to  how  the  same  shall  be  paid  out 
and  disposed  of;  providing  for  the  powers  and 
duties  of  the  Board  of  Control  in  relation  to  the 
prescribing  of  examinations  and  the  forms  thereof 
in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  and  as  to  ad- 
mission therefrom  and  from  other  institutions 
of  learning  into  the  said  institutions  created  and 
maintained  by  this  act,  and  the  issuance  of  certifi- 
cates in  regard  to  the  same;  for  the  vesting  in 
the  State  Board  of  Education  of  the  title  to  all 
the  assets  and  property  of  the  Colored  Normal 
School  and  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb;  requiring  the  abolition  of  such  trustees, 
managers  and  officers  and  the  surrender  of  the 
management,  possession  and  control  of  such  in- 
stitutions and  their  property  to  the  Board  of 
Control — the  vesting  in  said  Board  of  all 
powers  now  provided  by  law  and  this  act  in  regard 
thereto;  the  duties  of  the  State  Treasurer,  Comp- 
troller, Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
State  Board  of  Education  and  Board  of  Control 
in  regard  to  said  institutions;  to  provide  for  a 
Normal  Department  and  Summer  School  for 
white  teachers  in  the  Florida  Female  College  and 
a  Summer  School  for  colored  teachers  in  the  col- 
ored normal  school — whenever  necessary,  and  to 
repeal  all  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  Institutions  Abolished. — That  the  sev- 
eral and  respective  institutions  of  learning  and  edu- 


56  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

cation  heretofore  created,  chartered,  fostered  and 
maintained  by  this  State,  to  wit: 

The  Florida  Agricultural  College,  now  officially 
designated  and  known  as  the  "University  of  Flor- 
ida," located  at  Lake  City. 

The  West  Florida  Seminary,  now  designated  and 
known  as  "The  Florida  State  College/'  located  at 
Tallahassee. 

The  White  Normal  School,  located  at  DeFuniak 
Springs. 

The  East  Florida  Seminary,  located  at  Gaines- 
ville. 

The  South  Florida  College,  located  at  Bartow; 
and 

The  Florida  Agricultural  Institute,  located  in 
Osceola  County,  he,  and  each  and  every  of  them 
are  hereby  abolished  and  their  and  each  and  every 
of  their  charters,  franchises,  powers,  rights  and  priv- 
ileges granted  to  or  possessed  by  them  respectively 
are  hereby  revoked,  vacated  and  abolished. 

Sec.  2.  Property  Vested  in  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation.— That  all  and  singular  all  the  lands,  tene- 
ments and  hereditaments,  estate  and  property,  real, 
personal  and  mixed,  including  all  bonds,  funds 
moneys  and  investments,  and  the  rents,  issues  and 
profits,  thereof,  had,  held  or  possessed  by  the  said 
institutions  named  in  Section  1  of  this  Act,  or  any 
of  them,  or  to  which  said  institutions  or  any  of 
them  might  or  could  have,  claim,  or  be  in  any 
way  or  manner  entitled  to  either  in  esse  or  in  future 
and  from  any  source  whatsoever,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  declared  forfeit  and  to  revert  to  the  State 
of  Florida,  and  upon  the  passage  and  approval  of 
this  act,  to  vest  absolutely  in  the  State  Board  of 
Education  in  fee  simple  absolute,  in  trust,  neverthe- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  .  57 

less,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  hereinafter  provided 
for  herein. 

Sec.  3.  Reports,  Inventories,  Indebtedness,  Sched- 
ules and  Vouchers  of  Abolished  Institutions. — That 
immediately  upon  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  several 
and  respective  trustees,  managers  and  officers  of  the 
said  several  and  respective  institutions  mentioned  in 
Section  1  of  this  act,  shall  prepare  and  make  up 
duplicate  accounts  and  inventories  of  all  the  prop- 
erty, real,  personal  and  mixed,  owned,  possessed, 
claimed  or  controlled  by  said  respective  institutions 
or  said  officers,  managers  or  trustees  for  and 
on  their  behalf  showing  in  detail  every  item 
of  asset  or  liability  of  the  said  institutions  respec- 
tively, and  if  any  of  said  institutions  shall  be  indebt- 
ed to  any  person  or  persons,  said  report  shall  show 
in  detail  a  true  and  correct  statement  of  said  ac- 
counts and  indebtedness,  as  to  when  created,  for 
what,  to  whom  due  and  the  amount  thereof,  and 
shall  also  prepare  and  deliver  with  said  report  dupli- 
cate vouchers  for  the  payment  of  each  separate  in- 
debtedness duly  and  properly  certified  and  approved 
by  the  proper  officials,  which  said  reports,  invento- 
ries, schedules  and  vouchers  from  each  of  the  said 
institutions  shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  each  of 
which  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  President  or  Chair- 
man of  the  respective  Boards  of  Trustees  or  mana- 
gers and  sworn  to  by  the  Secretary  thereof  and  un- 
der the  seal  of  the  respective  institutions,  if  it  or 
they  be  provided  with  a  seal,  one  of  which  duplicate 
shall  be  transmitted  to  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Comptroller  and  the  other  shall  be  transmitted  to 
the  Governor  as  President  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  and  the  said  respective  institutions 
through  their  trustees,  managers  or  other  officers  or 
whosoever  shall  be  vested  with  the  title  to  or  pos- 


§8  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

sessed  of  the  respective  assets  and  property  or  any 
part  or  portion  thereof,  shall  at  once,  by  proper  in- 
struments of  writing,  duly  executed  and  acknowl- 
edged, grant  and  convey,  assign,  transfer,  set  over 
and  deliver  unto  the  State  Board  of  Education  all 
the  assets  and  property,  real,  personal  and  mixed  of 
whatsover  nature  and  kind,  had,  held,  claimed, 
owned  or  possessed  by  said  institutions  and  each  and 
every  of  them  respectively,  including  all  of  the 
books,  papers,  vouchers  and  records  kept  or  pos- 
sessed by  them  and  each  and  every  of  them. 

Sec.  4.  Continuing  Appropriations  Revoked. — 
That  all  continuing  appropriations  heretofore  made 
to  said  institutions  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this 
act,  or  any  of  them,  are  hereby  revoked. 

Sec.  5.  State  Auditor  to  Audit  Accounts  of  Abol- 
ished Institutions. — That  the  State  Auditor  shall,  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  such  inventories,  schedules, 
accounts  and  vouchers  have  been  filed  with  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Comptroller  and  the  said  books,  papers, 
property  and  assets  be  transferred  to  the  said  State 
Board  of  Education,  audit  all  accounts  of  said  insti- 
tutions and  each  and  every  of  them  for  at  least  one 
year  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  shall  check 
over  and  verify  all  said  lists  and  inventories,  exam- 
ine into  the  auditing  and  approval  of  all  claims  and 
vouchers  certified  against  said  institutions  for  pay- 
ment, and  make  his  report  thereon  in  duplicate,  one 
of  which  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Comptroller  for 
filing  in  his  office,  and  the  other  shall  be  transmitted 
to  the  Governor  as  President  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education. 

Sec.  6.  Boards  of  Trustees  Abolished. — That  all 
Boards  of  Trustees,  managers  and  officers  of  the 
several  institutions  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this 
Act,  and  the  Boards  of  Trustees,  officers  and  man- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  59 

agers  of  ftie  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institute  and  of 
the  Colored  Normal  School  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  abolished. 

Sec.  7.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  Fla.  Ag.  Coll. 
Repealed.— That  Sections  278,  279,  280,  281,  282,  283, 
284,  285,  287,  288,  289,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295,  296, 
297,  298  and  299  of  the  Revised  Statutes  relating  to 
the  creation  and  establishent  of  the  Florida  Agri- 
cultural College,  its  organization,  powers,  rights  and 
privileges  and  matters  pertaining  thereto,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  Seminaries 
Reapealed.— That  Sections  301,  302,  303,  304,  305, 
306,  307,  308,  309,  310,  311,  312,  313,  314,  315,  316, 
317,  318,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323,  325,  326  and  327 
of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  Florida  relating  to  the 
organization,  creation  and  establishment  of  the 
seminaries  east  and  west  of  the  Suwannee  river, 
their  location,  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  matters 
pertaining  thereto,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Sec.  9.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  White  Nor- 
mal  Repealed.— That  Section  268  of  the  Eevised 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  relation  to  the 
establishment  of  a  White  Normal  School  at  DeFu- 
niak  Springs,  and  providing  for  the  election  of  a 
faculty  therefor,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  10.  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial 
School. — That  the  industrial  and  normal  department 
created  in  the  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial 
School,  located  at  St.  Petersburg,  is  hereby  abol- 
ished, and  Chapter  4998,  of  the  Laws  of  Florida, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  assist  in  maintaining  an  Indus- 
trial and  Normal  Department  in  the  St.  Petersburg 
White  Normal  and  Industrial  School;  to  create 
scholarships  therein,  and  to  make  appropriations 


60  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

therefor,"  approved  May  31,  1901,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed.  That  no  further  appropriations 
shall  be  made  or  State  aid  granted  to  said  institu- 
tion; that  the  words  "Normal  and  Industrial'7  shall 
be  stricken  from  the  name  thereof,  and  that  all  right, 
title  and  interest  in  the  said  school,  its  buildings  or 
property  had,  acquired  or  possessed  by  the  State  by 
reason  of  appropriations  heretofore  made  to  it  are 
hereby  granted  and  released  unto  the  County  of 
Hillsborough,  in  which  said  school  is  situate. 

Sec.  11.  Colored  Normal  School. — That  Section 
269  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida 
relating  to  the  establishment  of  a  Normal  School  for 
colored,  teachers  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  269.  Colored  Normal  School. — A  Normal 
School  for  the  training  and  instruction  of  colored 
teachers  is  established  under  the  supervision  and 
control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the 
Board  of  Control  hereinafter  provided.  The  Board 
of  Control  shall  elect  a  faculty  to  consist  of  a  prin- 
cipal and  two  assistant  instructors  who  shall  have 
in  charge  the  training  and  instruction  of  all  stu- 
dents, subject  at  all  times  to  the  approval  of  and 
under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Board  of 
Control  hereinafter  created  shall  prescribe,  and  such 
Board,  under  rules  and  regulations  hereinafter  to 
be  made,  shall  have  the  power  of  removal  of  all  or 
an'y  of  the  faculty,  may  increase  or  diminish  the 
same,  and  may  add  such  other  departments  of  in- 
struction and  education  to  such  institution  from 
time  to  time  as  may  be  deemed  advisable.  The 
Colored  Normal  School  now  established  at  .Talla- 
hassee shall  be  such  school,  and  the  faculty  remain 
as  now  until  changed  by  sai<J  Board,  but  the  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  have  power  to  change  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  61 

location  of  same  at  any  time  it  may  deem  it  of 
benefit  or  advantage  to  such  institution  or  the  pur- 
poses for  which  it  was  created,  and  that  one-half  of 
the  Morrill  fund  coming  or  that  may  come  to  the 
State  for  the  purposes  provided  in  such  act  is  set 
apart  and  appropriated  to  the  support  and  main- 
tenance of  said  school. 

Sec.  12.  University  and  Female  College  Created. — 

That  there  shall  be  established,  and  there  is  hereby 
created  the  following  institutions  of  higher  educa- 
tion in  this  State,  to  wit :  One  University  to  be  known 
as  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and  one 
Female  Seminary  to  be  known  as  The  Florida 
Female  College. 

Sec.  13.  Board  of  Control — Appointment  and 
Terms — That  there  is  hereby  created  a  Board  of 
Control  which  shall  consist  of  five  citizens  of  this 
State,  one  from  East  Florida,  one  from  South  Flor- 
ida, one  from  West  Florida,  one  from  Middle  Flori- 
da, and  one  from  Middle  South  Florida,  who  shall 
have  been  residents  and  citizens  thereof  for  a  period 
of  at  least  ten  years  prior  to  their  appointment, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  and  their 
terms  of  office  shall  be  for  four  years,  and  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  ex- 
cept that  of  the  first  board  appointed  under  this 
act  two  members  thereof  shall  be  appointed  for  the 
term  of  two  years,  and  three  members  thereof  shall 
be  appointed  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  there- 
after every  such  appointment  shall  be  for  the  term 
of  four  years  except  in  case  of  an  appointment  to 
fill  a  vacancy,  in  which  case  the  appointment  shall 
be  for  the  unexpired  term.  The  Governor  shall  have 
power  to  remove  any  member  of  such  Board  for 
cause,  and  shall  fill  all  vacancies  that  may  at  any 
time  occur  therein.  No  member  of  said  first  Board 


62  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

shall  be  appointed  from  any  county  in  which  any  of 
the  institutions  named  in  this  act  are  at  present 
located,  and  on  appointment  upon  such  Board  shall 
ever  be  made  from  any  county  in  which  any  institu- 
tion created,  established  or  maintained  by  this  act 
is  or  may  thereafter  be  located  or  situate. 

Sec.  14.  Board  of  Control — Organization  and  Ex- 
penses.— That  immediately  upon  the  passage  of  this 
act  the  Governor  shall  select  five  of  the  most  capa- 
ble and  efficient  citizens  having  the  qualifications 
prescribed  herein,  and  appoint  the  same  as  herein 
provided,  to  constitute  such  Board  of  Control,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  immediately,  after  such  appoint- 
ment, assemble  at  the  Capitol  and  there  organize 
by  selecting  one  of  their  number  as  chairman.  The 
chairman  shall  be  elected  from  the  long  term  mem- 
bers, and  the  chairmanship  shall  exist  during  his 
term  of  office.  The  Board  shall  elect  a  chairman 
as  often  as  that  office  shall  become  vacant.  The 
members  of  said  Board  shall  be  paid  only  their  ac- 
tual expenses  while  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties,  and  in  traveling  to,  from,  or  upon  the  same 
the  accounts  for  which  shall  be  paid  quarterly  by 
the  State  Treasurer  upon  itemized  vouchers  duly 
approved  by  the  chairman  of  said  Board  and  the 
Comptroller  as  is  herein  provided  for  the  disburse- 
ment of  funds. 

Sec.  15.  Board  of  Control— Under  Supervision  of 
State  Board  of  Education.— Said  Board  of  Control, 
except  as  herein  provided,  shall  act  in  conjunction 
with,  but  at  all  times  under  and  subject  to  the  con- 
trol and  supervision  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. 

Sec.  16.  First  Joint  Meeting  of  Boards,  Location 
of  New  Institutions. — As  soon  as  practicable  after 
the  appointment  and  organization  of  the  Board  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  63 

Control,  the  Governor,  as  President  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  shall  cause  a  meeting  of  both 
of  said  boards  to  be  held  in  joint  session  at  the 
Capitol,  and  at  said  meeting  shall  determine  the 
place  of  location  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  and  of  The  Florida  Female-  College  hereby 
created  and  established,  and  prescribe  the  general 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  and  govern- 
nance  of  the  same  and  the  proper  management  there- 
of, as  well  as  of  the  other  institutions,  to  wit:  The 
Colored  Normal  School  and  The  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  heretofore  created,  and  de- 
termine as  to  any  change  in  location  of  either  of 
said  last  mentioned  institutions  that  may  be  neces- 
sary or  required,  and  shall  do  every  other  matter 
or  thing  at  that  or  some  subsequent  meeting  as  shall 
be  necessary  and  requisite  to  fully  carry  into  effect 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  17.  Location  of  New  Institutions. — In  deter- 
mining the  location  of  the  University  of  the  State 
of  Florida  created  and  established  by  this  act,  the 
said  boards  in  joint  meeting  assembled  shall  take 
into  consideration  the  lands,  property,  buildings  and 
situation  of  the  respective  institutions  named  in  and 
abolished  by  this  act,  having  regard  to  the  perma- 
nent location  of  such  an  institution  at  some  central 
point  in  the  State,  both  geographically  and  as  to 
population,  as  well  as  to  the  needs  and  requirements 
of  the  same  as  prescribed  in  this  act  and  the  powers 
given  thereunder,  and  the  funds  and  means  at  their 
command,  or  which  may  naturally  come  to  the  con- 
trol of  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  such  pur- 
poses, and  may,  if  advisable,  after  careful  considera- 
tion, appropriate  either  temporarily  or  permanently, 
the  location,  lands,  buildings,  property  and  effects 


64  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

of  any  one  of  said  vacated  and  abolished  institu- 
tions for  such  purpose.  Said  Boards  being  hereby 
vested  with  an  absolute  discretion  and  power  in 
the  matter  of  location  and  situs  of  this  said  institu- 
tion. That  in  the  location  of  The  Florida  Female 
College  hereby  created,  said  Boards  are  hereby  au- 
thorized and  empowered  to  locate  and  fix  the  same 
(after  they  shall  have  located  the  said  Universaty) 
at  one  of  the  places  occupied  by  any  one  of  the 
said  abolished  institutions  under  this  act,  hav- 
ing especial  regard  for  the  character  and  condi- 
tion of  the  grounds,  buildings  and  structures 
thereon  of  such  abolished  institutions  as  they 
may  select ;  its  location  as  to  health  and  accessibility, 
and  its  adaptability  to  the  particular  needs  of  such 
an  institution.  Said  Boards  are  hereby  further  au- 
thorized, directed  and  empowered  to  change  the 
location  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  heretofore  created  if  they  shall  deem  such 
changes  of  location  wise  and  expedient,  and  after 
they  have  selected  and  located  the  said  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida,  and  the  said  Florida  Female 
College;  in  case  they  shall  determine  to  change  the 
location  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  they  shall  change  the  same  to  and  locate  the 
same  at  one  of  the  places  now  occupied  by  some  one 
of  the  said  abolished  institutions  which  they  shall 
select  for  such  purpose  not  already  selected  by  them 
for  the  purposes  herein  provided,  having  due  regard 
for  the  necessity  and  requirements  of  the  same,  its 
situation  and  accessibility  and  its  adaptability  to  the 
purposes  of  such  institution,  and  in  selecting  said 
location  shall  have  due  regard  and  make  provisions 
for  the  complete  seperation,  but  with  equal  consist- 
ent accommodation  and  within  reach  and  under  the 
control  of  the  same  corps  of  officers,  teachers  and 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  65 

managers,  of  the  white  and  colored  inmates  of  the 
same  so  that  there  will  be  no  admixture  or  associa- 
tion of  the  races.  That  upon  the  selection  of  any 
of  the  locations,  lands,  buildings  or  structures  by 
the  said  Boards  of  any  of  the  said  abolished  insti- 
tutions for  the  location  of  the  said  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida,  Florida  Female  College  or 
the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb,  such 
lands,  buildings,  structures,  property  and  assets  of 
such  abolished  institutions,  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary,  so  selected  for  said  respective 
University,  Female  College  or  Institute,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  apart  to  and 
for  the  use  of  such  respective  institutions. 

Sec.  18.  Disposition  of  Assets  of  Abolished  Insti- 
tutions.— That  the  property  and  assets  of  each  and 
every  of  the  said  institutions  abolished  by  this  act 
which  shall  not  be  selected  by  the  said  Boards  as 
a  location  for  the  said  University,  College  or  Insti- 
tute, shall  be  sold  or  otherwise  disposed  of  as  in 
the  judgment  of  the  said  State  Board  of  Education 
shall  be  deemed  best,  as  herein  provided,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  establish- 
ment, support  and  maintenance  of  the  said  Univer- 
sity, College  and  Institute,  and  support  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Colored  Normal  School;  Provided, 
That  if  the  said  Boards,  in  their  discretion,  shall 
select  some  place  or  places  other  than  Lake  City,  in 
the  County  of  Columbia,  Tallahassee,  in  the  County 
of  Leon,  or  Gainesville,  in  the  County  of  Alachua, 
for  the  location  of  the  said  University,  College,  or 
Institute,  then  in  such  case  the  said  Boards  shall 
have  an  accounting  with  the  City  of  Tallahassee,  if 
the  said  abolished  institution  at  Tallahassee  is  not 
selected  for  one  of  the  said  institutions,  and  if  it 

shall  appear  that  said  abolished  institution  at  Tal- 
5— s.  L. 


66  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

lahassee  shall  be  possessed  of  any  property  funds  or 
endowments  belonging  thereto  and  not  the  property 
of  the  State  and  the  said  City  of  Tallahassee  has 
paid  to  the  State  or  said  institution  the  two  thou- 
sand dollars  per  annum  provided  to  be  paid  in 
and  by  Section  325  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  that  in  such  case  the  said  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  refund  to  the  said  City  of 
Tallahassee  such  proportion  of  said  moneys,  funds 
or  endowments  belonging  to  the  said  abolished  insti- 
tution and  not  the  property  of  the  State,  or  if  it 
shall  be  found  on  said  accounting  that  the  said  City 
of  Tallahassee  has  not  made  the  payments  required 
by  the  said  Section  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  then  the  said  State  Board  shall 
refund  so  much  of  said  funds  or  property  of  said 
abolished  institution  coming  to  said  Board  as  the 
assets  of  the  said  abolished  institution,  less  the 
amount  due  or  owing  by  said  city  under  the  pro- 
visions of  said  section.  And  in  case  the  said  city 
of  Gainesville  shall  not  be  selected  by  said  Boards 
as  one  of  the  places  for  the  location  of  one  of  said 
institutions,  then  the  said  Board  of  Education  shall 
refund  to  the  said  City  of  Gainesville  out  of  the 
assets  and  property  of  the  abolished  institution 
located  at  such  place,  so  much  of  the  lands  and 
property  of  the  same,  or  its  equivalent  at  its  then 
value,  as  was  donated  to  the  said  State  by  the  said 
City  of  Gainesville ;  and  if  the  said  Boards  shall  not 
select  the  abolished  institution  located  at  Lake 
City  as  one  of  the  places  for  the  location  for  one  of 
the  said  institutions,  then  the  said  State  Board  of 
Education,  out  of  the  assets  and  property  coming  to 
it  from  the  said  abolished  institution  at  that  place, 
shall  refund  to  the  said  City  of  Lake  City  the  fifteen 
thousand  dollars  and  the  one  hundred  acres  of  land 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  67 

donated  by  Lake  City  to  the  said  institution  upon 
its  establishment  at  that  place,  and  in  case  the  In- 
stitute for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  is  removed 
from  its  present  location  then  its  assets  and  prop- 
erty shall  be  used  or  the  proceeds  thereof  for  its  re- 
location, establishment  and  maintenance  with  such 
other  funds  as  may  be  required;  Provided,  That  of 
the  buildings,  property  or  assets  of  any  abolished 
institution  which  may  not  be  used,  appropriated  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  under  this  act,  the  State  Board 
of  Education  and  State  Board  of  Control,  in  joint 
session,  may,  in  their  discretion,  if  they  shall  deem 
the  same  advisable  and  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
State,  set  apart  and  appropriate  the  same  or  any 
portion  thereof  to  the  county  or  counties  in  which 
the  same  may  be  located  for  the  purposes  of  Public 
High  Schools  in  such  county  or  counties  under  such 
restrictions  and  terms,  or  for  such  time  as  they  may 
deem  proper  and  just. 

Sec.  19.  Board  of  Control — To  Manage  and  Con- 
duct Schools. — The  Board  of  Control  shall  have 
jurisdiction  over  and  complete  management  and  con- 
trol of  all  the  said  several  institutions  and  each  and 
every  of  them,  to  wit:  The  University  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  The  Florida  Female  College,  the  Colored 
Normal  School,  and  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,. 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  and  is  hereby  invested  with  full 
power  and  authority  to  make  all  rules  and  regula- 
tions necessary  for  their  governance  not  inconsist- 
ent with  the  general  rules  and  regulations  made  or 
which  may  be  made  at  any  joint  meeting  of  the 
said  Board  with  the  State  Board  of  Education.  To 
appoint  all  the  managers,  faculty,  teachers,  servants 
and  employees,  and  to  remove  the  same  as  in  their 
judgment  and  discretion  may  be  best;  fix  their  com- 
pensation and  provide  for  their  payment.  To  have 


68  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

full  management,  possession  and  control  of  each 
and  every  of  the  said  institutions  and  every  depart- 
ment thereof,  and  the  lands,  buildings,  structures 
and  property  belonging  thereto.  To  provide  for  the 
course  of  instructions  and  the  different  branches  and 
grades  to  be  kept  and  maintained  thereat,  and  to 
alter  and  change  the  same.     To  visit  and  inspect 
the  said  institutions  and  each  and  every  department, 
and  to  provide  for  the  proper  keeping  of  accounts, 
registers  and  records  thereof.  To  make  and  prepare 
all  necessary  budgets  of  expenditures  for  the  enlarge- 
ment, proper  furnishing,  maintenance,  support  and 
conduct  the  same.     To  audit  and  approve  all  the 
accounts  and  expenditures,  supervise  the  employ- 
ment and  removal  of  all  teachers  and  instructors; 
select  and  purchase  all  property,  furniture,  fixtures, 
paraphernalia  necessary  for  the  same  from  time  to 
time ;  to  build,  construct,  change,  enlarge,  repair  and 
maintain  any  and  all  the  buildings  or  structures  now 
in  existence,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  necessary  for 
each  and  every  of  said  institutions  created  and  main- 
tained by  this  act ;  to  purchase  and  acquire  all  lands 
and  property  necessary  for  same  of  every  nature  and 
description  whatsoever;  and  to  care  for  and  main- 
tain the  same,  and  to  do  and  perform  every  other 
matter  or  thing  requisite  to  the  proper  management, 
maintenance,  support  and  control  of  each  and  every 
of  the  said  institutions  necessary  or  requisite  to 
carry  out  fully  the  purposes  of  this  act,  and  for  rais- 
ing to  and  maintaining  them  at  the  proper  efficienecy 
and  standard  as  required  in  and  by  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  but  at  all  times  subject  to  the  supervision 
and  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.    20.  Institute  for  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb — 
Management  Of.-— That  Section  270  of  the  Eevised 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  69 

Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  be  and  the  same  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  270.  Board  of  Managers.— That  the  State 
Board  of  Education  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vested 
with  the  title  to  all  the  assets  and  property  of  the 
Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  that  it  is 
now  or  may  hereafter  become  entitled  to,  but  the 
control,  possession  and  management  thereof  and  of 
the  said  Institute  and  each  and  every  department 
thereof  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vested  in  the 
Board  of  Control  according  to  the  terms  and  pro- 
visions of  this  act  except  as  may  be  herein  otherwise 
provided. 

That  Section  271  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  providing  for  the  present  location 
of  the  said  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb 
at  St.  Augustine  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

That  the  powers  provided  for  in  Sections  275  and 
276  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida 
vesting  the  same  in  the  said  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion as  Trustees  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 
and  Dumb  are  hereby  vested  in  the  Board  of  Control 
as  provided  in  this  act,  and  so  much  of  said  sec- 
tions as  vests  in  the  State  Board  of  Education  the 
management  and  control  of  the  said  Institute  are 
hereby  repealed. 

That  Section  277  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  providing  for  report  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 
and  Dumb,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

That  the  Board  of  Control  provided  in  this  act 
shall  have  all  the  powers  and  duties  in  regard  to 
the  management  and  control  of  the  Institute  for 
the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  located  in  this  State  as  is 
provided  for  in  Chapter  3,  Part  One,  Title  Five,  of 
the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  and 


70  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Chapter  5209  of  the  Laws  of  Florida,  the  same 
being  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  provide  for  the  edu- 
cation and  industrial  training  of  the  blind,  deaf  and 
dumb  of  the  State  of  Florida,  approved  June  4,  1903. 

That  the  Trustees  created  and  appointed  by  said 
last  mentioned  act  are  hereby  abolished,  and  that 
wherever  the  words  "  Board  of  Trustees "  appear  in 
said  act  they  be  stricken  out,  and  whatever  powers 
and  duties  in  and  by  the  said  act  are  given  to  such 
Board  of  Trustees  that  such  powers  and  duties  are 
hereby  vested  in  and  shall  be  exercised  by  the  said 
Board  of  Control.  That  said  Trustees  and  all  per- 
sons or  officers  vested  with  title  or  posession  to  any 
of  its  property  do  immediately  convey  the  same  to 
the  State  Board  of  Education.  That  Section  2  of 
said  act,  the  same  being  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  pro- 
vide for  the  education  and  industrial  training  of  the 
blind,  deaf  and  dumb  of  the  State  of  Florida,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  21.  State  University — Departments  Of — 
The  University  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  have  and 
contain  the  following  departments  and  such  other 
departments  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  determined 
upon  and  added  at  any  joint  meeting  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  with  the  said  Board  of  Control, 
to  wit: 

A  Department  of  Agriculture,  Mechanical  and  In- 
dustrial Arts; 

A  Scientific  and  Classical  Department; 

A  Normal  Department  for  the  training  and  in- 
struction of  white  teachers.  It  being  intended  that 
the  design  and  scope  of  this  institute  shall  be  to 
teach  such  branches  of  learning  as  are  related  to  Ag- 
riculture and  the  Mechanical  and  Industrial  Arts, 
Scientific  and  Classical  studies  and  instructions  in 
all  the  various  higher  branches  of  education;  the 


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fundamental  laws  and  in  what  regards  the  rights 
and  duties  of  citizens,  and  shall  include  military 
tactics  if  the  said  joint  Boards  deem  the  same  requi- 
site and  proper. 

That  all  Summer  Schools  now  or  that  may  be  here- 
after provided  for  shall  be  taught,  had  and  held  in 
and  at  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and 
the  Board  of  Control  shall  make  such  necessary  pro- 
visions therefor  as  shall  be  requisite  and  necessary; 
Provided,  That  whenever  a  normal  department  shall 
be  established  at  the  Female  College  a  branch  of 
such  summer  school  may  be  there  located  if  deemed 
advisable,  and  the  Boards  may  establish  summer 
schools  for  colored  teachers  at  the  colored  normal 
school  whenever  it  shall  deem  the  same  necessary. 

Sec.  22.  Female  College — Admission  to  and  Scope 
of  Instruction. — The  design  of  the  Florida  Female 
College  shall  be  to  teach  and  instruct  in  all  the  high- 
er branches  of  education,  and  in  all  the  useful  arts 
and  sciences  that  may  be  necessary  or  appropriate 
to  be  taught  in  like  institutions,  and  as  may  be 
deemed  requisite  and  necessary  from  time  to  time 
by  the  joint  Boards  herein  provided  for  its  gov- 
ernance and  control. 

None  but  female  white  students  shall  be  admitted 
to  this  institution,  and  no  student  shall  be  admitted 
therein  unless  and  until  she  shall  have  passed  a  sat- 
isfactory examination  in  some  high  school  of  this  or 
some  other  State  having  a  like  standing  and  through 
or  beyond  the  tenth  grade  as  now  established  for 
the  high  schools  in  this  State,  or  such  other  grade 
not  lower  than  the  tenth  grade  as  may  be  hereafter 
established,  and  no  student  from  any  other  State 
shall  be  admitted  to  such  institution,  except  by  the 
consent  and  upon  the  certificate  of  the  State  Board 
of  Control. 


72  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

That  the  State  Board  of  Education  jointly  with 
the  Board  of  Control  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered at  any  time  it  may  deem  the  same  requisite 
or  necessary,  to  establish  and  maintain  a  Normal 
Department  for  the  instruction  of  white  female 
teachers  in  the  Florida  Female  College,  and  when 
established  the  same  shall  be  under  the  charge  and 
control  of  the  State  Board  of  Control,  with  all  the 
powers  and  duties  in  relation  thereto  as  provided 
herein,  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it 
shall  prescribe. 

Sec.  23.  State  University— -Admission  To— No 
student  shall  be  admitted  to  the  University  of  the 
State  of  Florida  who  has  not  passed  a  satisfactory 
examination  at  some  high  school  and  through  the 
twelfth  grade  as  now  established,  or  some  other 
institution  of  learning  having  an  equivalent  of  in- 
struction to  the  twelfth  grade.  The  State  Board  of 
Control  may  change  the  grade  at  any  time  they  may 
see  fit  as  a  prerequisite  to  such  entrance.  No  per- 
son shall  be  admitted  to  said  University  except  white 
male  students  having  the  prerequisite  qualifications 
to  which  the  said  Board  of  Control  may  add  others 
in  their  judgment  and  discretion,  except  to  the  Nor- 
mal Department  thereof  for  the  instruction  arid  edu- 
cation of  teachers;  when  both  male  and  female  stu- 
dents may  be  admitted  to  that  department. 

Sec.  24.  Board,  Tuition  Fees,  Ect.,  County  Schol- 
arships.— In  case  of  the  admission  of  students  to 
either  the  said  University  or  College  from  other 
States,  the  same  may  be  admitted  by  and  with  the 
consent  and  upon  the  certificate  of  the  Board  of 
Control  upon  such  terms  as  to  tuition,  board,  etc., 
as  the  said  Board  may,  from  time  to  time,  establish. 

The  several  departments  of  the  said  College  and 
of  the  said  University  shall  be  open  to  applicants  for 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  73 

admission  who  are  citizens  of  this  state  at  the  lowest 
rate  and  expense  consist  with  the  welfare  and 
efficiency  of  the  respective  institutions,  and  as  may 
be  established  from  time  to  time  by  the  said  Board, 
Each  county  shall  have  the  right  to  send  one  student 
annually,  or  so  often  as  vacancies  may  occur  to  each 
of  the  said  institutions  and  normal  department,  such 
students  to  be  selected  by  the  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  several  counties  possessing  the 
qualifications  required  for  admission  thereto,  and 
such  students  so  selected  shall  be  received  into  said 
respective  institutions  and  entitled  to  receive  the 
benefits  of  a  full  course  of  instruction  at  either  said 
College  or  University,  or  Normal  Department,  or 
other  institution  aforesaid,  without  any  charge  for 
instruction,  but  subject  to  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  be  established  by  the  said  Board  for 
the  governance  and  direction  of  the  same,  and  the 
Board  may  make  such  requisite  as  to  previous  in- 
struction for  entries  into  the  Normal  Departments 
as  it  shaU  deem  best. 

Sec.  25.  Libraries,  Paraphenalia  and  Apparatus. 
The  joint  boards,  as  soon  as  they  shall  have  located 
the  said  University,  College  and  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  as  herein  provided,  shall  take 
and  appropriate  from  the  different  libraries  and 
laboratories  of  the  several  abolished  institutions  so 
much  of  said  literature  and  paraphernalia  and  appa- 
ratus as  may  be  necessary  to  thoroughly  equip  the 
four  said  respective  institutions,  and  the  balance  if 
any  remains,  shall  be  disposed  of  as  is  hereinafter 
provided,  for  the  disposal  of  other  property  not  used. 

Sec.  26.  Libraries,  Paraphernalia  and  Apparatus. 
— That  all  the  bonds,  moneys,  properties  and  as- 
sets belonging  to  the  University  of  Florida,  abol- 
ished by  this  act,  or  held  in  any  way  or  manner,  for 


74  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

its  benefit,  or  which  it  might  or  could  be  entitled  to, 
are  directed  to  be  transferred  and  conveyed  under 
the  provisions  hereof  and  hereby  set  apart  and  ap- 
propriate exclusively  to  the  establishment,  main- 
tenance and  support  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  and  all  and  singular  the  rents,  revenues,  is- 
sues and  profits  thereof,  and  the  Florida  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station,  established  as  a  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Florida,  shall  be  and  re- 
main a  Department  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  together  with  all  the  rents,  benefits,  dona- 
tions and  emoluments  that  may  accrue  therefrom,  or 
under  the  act  of  Congress,  commonly  known  as  ( '  the 
Hatch  Act, ' '  or  under  the  act  of  Congress  commonly 
known  as  the  "Morrill  Act"  in  so  far  as  the  same 
or  so  much  thereof  can  be  used  and  appropriated  for 
the  benefits  of  said  institutions  by  the  provisions  of 
Sections  286  and  290,  Revised  Statutes  of  Florida, 
are  made  applicable  hereto  in  so  far  as  the  same  are 
or  can  be  made  effective,  and  all  estate,  right,  prop- 
erty, claim,  emolument  and  the  rents  and  issues 
thereof  or  any  substitutions  thereof,  and  all  claims 
and  demands  arising  or  that  may  or  can  arise  there- 
under or  any  act  of  Congress  in  that  regard  are 
hereby  preserved,  maintained  and  transferred  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education  for  the  use  and  benefit  of 
the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

Sec.  27.  Property  of  Florida  State  College.— The 
bonds,  property,  assets  and  effects  of  every  nature 
and  description  whatsoever,  including  all  the  dona- 
tions belonging  or  donated  to  the  West  Florida 
Seminary  or  the  Florida  State  College,  its  succes- 
sor, and  the  rents,  revenues,  issues  and  profits  there- 
of, provided  the  said  Female  College  shall  be  located 
by  the  said  joint  Boards  at  Tallahassee,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  apart  for  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  75 

establishment  and  maintenance  and  support  of  the 
said  Female  College.  In  case  the  said  Florida  Fe- 
male College  shall  not  be  located  at  Tallahassee, 
then  so  much  of  the  said  funds  and  property  of  the 
said  abolished  Florida  State  College  as  shall,  after 
settlement  with  the  City  of  Tallahassee,  belong  to 
it  and  that  shall  come  to  the  hands  of  the  said  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  be  set  apart,  together  with 
such  other  funds  as  they  shall  deem  best  to  appro- 
priate for  such  purpose  out  of  any  moneys  that  may 
come  to  the  hands  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 
applicable  thereto  for  the  establishment,  mainten- 
ance and  support  of  the  said  Florida  Female  College. 
Sec.  28.  Funds  for  Support  of  Schools — How  Ap- 
portioned.— All  other  funds,  appropriations  and 
property  of  every  nature  and  description  which  may 
come  to  the  State  of  Florida  or  the  hands  or  control 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  for  such  purpose, 
or  which  may  lawfully  be  applied  to  the  promotion 
and  advancement  of  schools  of  higher  education  in 
this  State,  including  the  assets  of  said  abolished 
institutions  not  otherwise  disposed  of,  shall  be  held 
and  appropriated  by  the  State  Board  of  Education 
in  conjunction  with  the  Board  of  Control  for  the 
maintenance  and  support  of  the  said  four  respective 
institutions  equally  and  ratably  in  proportion  as  the 
needs  of  the  said  respective  institutions  may  from 
time  to  time  require  the  same,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
said  Boards.  Provided,  That  what  is  known  as  the 
seminary  fund  shall  be  subject  to  the  control,  man- 
agement and  investment  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation as  a  fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  Florida  Fe- 
male College  and  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  the  interest  arising  from  which  shall  be 
used  and  appropriated  for  the  maintenance  and  sup- 
port of  said  two  institutions  in  equal  proportion  and 


76  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

that  one  of  said  institutions  shall  be  located  west 
and  the  other  east  of  the  Suwannee  river. 

Sec.  29.  Funds  Appropriated  by  United  States. — 
That  the  State  Board  of  Education,  through  its  Pres- 
ident, is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  sign 
all  vouchers  for  all  moneys  coming  to  said  institu- 
tions created  and  maintained  by  this  act  from  the 
United  States,  or  any  fund  provided  by  the  United 
States  and  which  shall  be  paid  by  it  to  the  State  for 
the  benefit  of  the  said  institutions  and  shall  deposit 
the  same  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Florida, 
to  be  disposed  of  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  30.  Appropriations  by  State  of  Florida. — 
The  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby 
appropriated,  in  addition  to  the  funds  already  dis- 
posed of  in  and  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  that 
may  be  in  or  come  to  the  hands  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education. or  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  pur- 
poses herein,  for  the  establishment,  maintenance  and 
support  of  the  said  four  institutions  hereby  created 
and  maintained  by  this  act,  to  wit: 

For  the  establishment,  maintenance  and  support 
of  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida;  for  the 
establishment,  maintenance  and  support  of  the  Flor- 
ida Female  College;  for  the  enlargement,  location, 
maintenance  and  support  of  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  Institute,  and  for  the  maintenance  and  sup- 
port of  the  Colored  Normal  School,  which  shall  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  to  be  expended  and 
disposed  of  under  vouchers  as  provided  for  herein 
by  the  Board  of  Control  in  such  proportion  to  each 
of  the  said  respective  institutions  as  in  the  judg- 
ment and  discretion  of  the  said  Boards  may  seem 
best,  and  the  Legislature  shall,  at  each  session,  make 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  77 

the  like  or  some  reasonable  and  sufficient  appropria- 
tion for  the  continuance,  maintenance  and  support 
of  such  institutions. 

Sec.  31.  Appropriation  for  Interest  Deficit  for 
University. — That  the  said  State  Board  of  Education 
is  hereby  directed,  authorized  and  empowered,  out 
of  the  appropriations  made  under  this  act,  or  that 
from  time  to  time  shall  be  made,  or  any  other  fund 
or  property  which  shall  vest  in  it  under  this  act  to 
set  apart  and  pay  to  the  fund  with  which  it  is  vested 
for  the  use  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida 
annually  the  sum  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
sixteen  dollars,  being  the  necessary  amount  to  raise 
interest  upon  the  bonds  transferred  to  the  said  Insti- 
tution by  this  act  from  three  per  cent  to  five  per 
cent,  as  is  provided  in  Chapter  5273  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  the  same  being  an  act  entitled  an  act  mak- 
ing annual  appropriation  for  the  University  of  Flor- 
ida at  Lake  City;  to  make  up  deficit  caused  by 
shrinkage  of  interest  on  certain  bonds  according  to 
the  terms  and  provisions  of  said  act. 

The  said  sum  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
sixteen  dollars  required  therefor  shall  be  included 
in  each  appropriation  made  by  the  Legislature  for 
the  benefit  of  the  said  fund  required  under  the  Act 
of  Congress  of  July  2,  1862,  and  that  the  Treasurer 
of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  set  apart  said  amount 
upon  the  order  of  the  said  Board  according  to  the 
provisions  of  such  act. 

Sec.  32.  Duties  of  State  Treasurer. — The  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  receive  and  pay 
out  all  moneys  and  funds  provided  for  in  this  act, 
or  which  shall  come  to  the  hands  or  control  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  in  any  way  or  manner 
for  the  purposes  thereof,  and  he  shall  keep  all  said 
moneys  so  received  in  a  seperate  fund,  and  classify 


78  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

the  same  as  provided  herein,  or  by  any  law  of  the 
United  States  relating  to  any  portion  thereof,  of 
which  he  shall  render  an  annual  report  to  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  Florida  showing  in  detail  the 
amounts  received  and  from  what  funds  and  sources, 
and  expenditures,  when  paid  and  to  whom,  and  no 
moneys  shall  be  paid  out  by  him  except  upon  a 
warrant  drawn  by  the  Comptroller  upon  the  funds 
in  his  hands,  a  duplicate  voucher  from  the  Board  of 
Control  showing  the  purposes  of  such  expenditures, 
which  voucher  shall  bear  the  approval  of  said  Comp- 
troller, shall  be  filed  with  him. 

Sec.  33.  Payment  of  Debts  of  Abolished  Institu- 
tions.— The  Board  of  Control  shall  pay  any  and  all 
items  of  indebtedness  of  the  institutions  abolished 
under  this  act  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
vouchered,  audited  and  approved  as  hereinbefore 
provided  by  drawing  their  voucher  therefor  in  dupli- 
cate and  transmitting  the  same  to  the  Comptroller 
to  be  approved  by  him,  and  the  said  Comptroller 
shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  who 
shall  pay  the  same  in  the  modes  and  manner  as  pro- 
vided in  Section  34  of  this  act,  out  of  any  funds  in  his 
hands  available  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sec.  34.  Disbursements  for  Institutions  Created. 
How  Made. — No  money  shall  be  expended  for  and 
on  behalf  of  any  of  the  said  institutions,  or  any 
department  thereof,  except  upon  a  written  voucher 
drawn  by  the  Board  of  Control,  in  duplicate  stating 
the  nature  of  said  expenditures,  and  the  person  to 
whom  the  same  shall  be  made  payable,  which  vouch- 
ers shall  be  submitted  to  the  Comptroller  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  and  audited  and  approved  by  him, 
and  upon  such  approval  the  Comptroller  shall  draw 
his  warrant  upon  the  State  Treasurer  for  the  pay- 
ment thereof,  transmitting  duplicate  of  said  voucher 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  79 

approved  by  him,  to  the  Treasurer,  and  shall  file 
the  other  duplicate  of  said  voucher  approved  by  him 
in  his  office.  No  voucher  shall  be  issued  or  drawn  by 
the  Board  of  Control  for  the  payment  of  any  moneys 
except  the  same  be  approved  by  said  Board  in  regu- 
lar session  and  countersigned  by  the  Chairman  and 
Secretary  thereof. 

Sec.  35.  Board  of  Control  a  Body  Corporate — Its 
Powers  and  Employees.— The  State  Board  of  Con- 
trol shall  be  a  body  corporate,  and  shall  have  a 
corporate  seal  to  be  selected  by  it  at  its  first  meeting; 
shall  elect  a  Secretary,  and  remove  him  at  will ;  have 
and  employ  all  necessary  clerks  and  servants;  shall 
have  power  to  contract  and  be  contracted  with;  sue 
and  be  sued;  plead  and  be  empleaded  in  all  courts 
of  law  and  equity;  to  receive  donations;  to  make 
purchases  of  lands  and  tenements,  and  to  contract 
for  the  sale  and  disposal  of  the  same,  but  the  title 
to  all  such  donations  and  property,  however  ac- 
quired, shall  be  vested  in  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, and  shall  only  be  transferred  and  conveyed  by 
it,  and  shall  have  and  possess  all  the  powers  of  a 
body  corporate  for  all  the  purposes  created  by  or 
that  may  exist  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or 
any  act  or  acts  amendatory  thereof. 

Sec.  36.  Trustees  of  Abolished  Institutions — Te- 
nure and  Duties. — That  the  institutions  and  the 
trustees,  managers  and  officers  thereof  abolished, 
transferred  or  changed  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  remain  and  hold  their  respective  offices  and 
positions  until  after  the  Board  of  Control  provided  in 
this  act  has  been  appointed  and  organized  and  shall 
have  taken  posession  of  the  same  and  assumed  the 
powers  and  duties  thereof,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
directed,  authorized  and  empowered,  that  as  soon 
after  their  appointment,  organization  and  joint  meet- 


80  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ing  with  the  State  Board  of  Education  as  herein 
provided,  to  take  charge  of  all  and  singular  the  said 
abolished  institutions,  their  assets  and  property,  as 
well  as  the  institutions  created  and  maintained  by 
this  act,  and  assume  the  duties,  powers  and  control 
thereof  provided  for  herein,  and  take  upon  them- 
selves all  the  responsibility  therefor. 

That  the  several  and  respective  institutions  abol- 
ished by  this  act  shall  not  be  disturbed  in. their  pres- 
ent operations  until  the  end  of  the  present  school 
year,  to  wit:  The  first  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1905. 

Sec.  37.  Reports  to  Legislature — Duties  of  Comp- 
troller.— That  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the 
State  Board  of  Control,  the  Treasurer  and  the  Comp- 
troller shall  each  make  a  separate  and  complete  re- 
port of  all  their  respective  acts  and  doings  to  the 
Legislature  that  shall  assemble  in  the  year  1907  and 
to  each  meeting  of  the  Legislature  thereafter,  and 
that  the  said  State  Board  of  Education,  Board  of 
Control,  Treasurer  and  Comptroller  shall  make  an 
annual  report  complete  in  every  detail  of  their  acts 
and  doings,  showing  all  moneys  received  and  dis- 
bursed, purposes  for  which  the  same  were  received 
and  made,  and  every  matter  and  thing  connected 
with  the  institutions,  moneys,  funds,  property  of  the 
said  respective  institutions  under  their  charge  and 
control,  which  said  reports  the  said  Comptroller  is 
hereby  directed  to  have  printed,  published  and  dis- 
tributed for  general  information.  The  Comptroller 
is  hereby  made  examiner  for  said  institutions  and 
shall  examine  the  same  semi-annually  and  as  often 
as  in  his  judgment  may  be  required  or  necessary. 

Sec.  38.  Board  of  Control  to  Provide  System  of 
Examinations.— That  the  said  Board  of  Control  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  provide  a  sys- 
tem and  course  of  written  examinations  by  questions 


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and  answers  for  all  the  public  high  schools  in  the 
State,  and  that  no  pupil  shall  be  admitted  to  said 
high  schools  or  be  advanced  to  any  successive  grade 
therein,  or  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  any  institu- 
tion created  or  maintained  in  and  by  this  act  until 
such  examinations  have  been  had  according  to  such 
procedure,  and  the  result  of  said  examinations  shall 
have  been  approved  by  the  said  Board  of  Control  in 
each  instance  and  a  certificate  of  such  admission  or 
advancement  by  the  said  Board  of  Control,  and  the 
said  Board  shall  have  power  to  alter  and  change 
these  rules  and  regulations  from  time  to  time  where 
it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  and  shall  provide  all 
the  necessary  blanks  and  distribute  the  same  for 
such  purpose. 

Sec.  39.  Duties  of  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction. — That  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction is  hereby  directed  and  it  is  made  his  duty 
to  make  an  inspection  of  each  and  every  of  the  insti- 
tutions created  and  maintained  by  this  act  once  in 
each  month  and  to  make  report  thereof  in  writing 
to  the  Governor  and  a  duplicate  annual  report  em- 
bodying the  results  of  his  monthly  reports,  one  to 
the  Governor  and  one  to  be  filed  with  the  Comp- 
troller. 

Sec.  40.  Conflicting  Laws  Repealed.— That  all 
laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  41.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor,  or  becoming 
a  law  without  such  approval. 

Approved  June  5th,  1905. 


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CHAPTER  5386. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  3,  of  Chapter  4196,  Laws 
of  Florida,  Relative  to  Defining  a  School  Year  and 
Providing  for  the  Opening  and  Closing  of  School 
Terms. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  3,  of  Chapter  4196,  Laws 
of  Florida,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  2.  Financial  Apportionment  Forfeited  in  Cer- 
tain Cases. — Any  public  school  in  the  county  failing 
to  complete  its  public  term  before  the  termination 
of  the  school  year,  shall,  if  such  lost  time  of  such 
term,  be  not  made  up  within  the  next  school  ydfer 
thereafter,  forfeit  the  proportion  of  its  financial  ap- 
portionment not  used  by  neglecting  or  failing  to 
maintain  a  school  for  the  full  term  of  school  in  that 
county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited  shall 
be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  the 
county  at  the  next  annual  apportionment. 

Sec.  3.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  31,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5387. 

AN  ACT  Empowering  County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction and  Trustees  of  Special  Tax  School  Dis- 
tricts to  Establish  Kindergartens  Under  Certain 
Conditions. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 
Section  1.  Establishing  Kindergartens.— That 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  83 

any  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  or  Board  of 
Trustees  of  any  special  tax  school  district  is  hereby 
empowered  to  establish  and  maintain  kindergartens 
in  communities  guaranteeing  the  attendance  of  twen- 
ty-five (25)  kindergarten  pupils. 

Sec.  2.  Part  of  Public  School.— That  every  kin- 
dergarten established  under  this  act  shall  be  a  part 
of  the  public  school  taught  in  the  same  community, 
and  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the 
principal  of  the  said  public  school. 

Sec.  3.  Qualification  of  Teachers. — That  no  per- 
son shall  be  employed  to  teach  as  principal  of  a  kin- 
dergarten department  who  does  not  hold 'a  certifi- 
cate of  graduation  from  a  reputable  kindergarten 
training  school. 

Sec.  4.  Conflicting  Laws  Repealed. — That  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  That  this  act  shall  become  a  law  imme- 
diately upon  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  31,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5389. 

AN  ACT  Regulating  the  Abolition,  Extension  or 
Contraction  of  the  Limits  of  Special  Tax  School 
Districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  Outstanding  Indebtedness  Must  Be 
Paid  or  Provided  For.— That  any  special  school  tax 
district  may  at  any  time  under  the  provisions  here- 
inafter mentioned  abolish  or  extend  or  contract  the 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

limits  of  such  special  tax  school  district;  Provided., 
That  no  special  tax  school  district  shall  be  abolished 
while  it  has  any  outstanding  indebtedness  without 
first  making  provisions  for  the  liquidation  of  such 
indebtedness. 

Sec.  2.  Election  Calling,  Publication  and  Determi- 
nation.— That  any  special  tax  school  district  may  be 
abolished  or  the  limits  thereof  extended  or  contract- 
ed by  a  majority  vote  at  an  election  called  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  for  the 
purpose,  after  publication  of  such  notice  as  is  re- 
quired to  create  such  special  tax  district,  at  which 
election  the  qualifications  of  voters  shall  be  the  same 
as  in  elections  to  create  special  tax  school  districts. 

Approved  May  29,  1905. 


CHAPTEE  5390. 

AN  ACT  Authorizing  the  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  to  Borrow  Money  for  Payment  of 
School  Warrants  When  There  Are  No  Funds  in 
the  Treasury  for  Such  Purpose  and  to  Pay  Inter- 
est for  Such  Loans  Not  Exceeding  Eight  Per  Cent. 
Per  Annum. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  County  Boards  Authorized  to  Borrow 
Money.— That  whenever  there  is  no  money  in  the 
county  school  fund  applicable  to  the  payment  of  out  - 
standing  warrants  issued  by  any  County  School 
Board  in  this  State,  the  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  of  the  several  counties  in  this  State  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  borrow  money 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  85 

at  a  rate  of  interest  not  to  exceed  eight  per  cent.  (8 
per  cent.)  per  annum  for  the  purpose  of  paying  all 
such  outstanding  warrants  and  for  the  further  pur- 
pose of  paying  any  and  all  legitimate  expenses  in- 
curred in  operating  the  schools  of  said  county. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  County  Treasurer.— That  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  County  Treasurer  upon  presenta- 
tion to  him  of  a  county  school  warrant  to  pay  the 
same,  if  there  are  any  funds  in  his  custody,  applica- 
ble thereto,  and  if  there  are  no  such  funds,  he  shall 
indorse  the  fact  on  the  warrant  with  the  date  of  pre- 
sentation and  affix  his  official  signature  thereto. 

Sec.  3.  Payment  of  Interest,  How  Made.— That 
all  interest  payments  made  under  this  Act  shall  be 
by  warrant  issued  by  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  in  the  same  manner  as  warrants  for 
other  indebtedness  are  issued. 

Sec.  4.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  immedi- 
ately upon  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  1,  1905. 


CHAPTEK  5391. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  1,  Chapter  5204,  Laws  of 
Florida,  the  Same  Being  an  Act  to  Provide  for 
the  Certification  of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Ee- 

quirements  for  the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates. 

• 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 
Section  1.  Teachers  Required  to  Hold  Certifi- 


86  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

cates.— That  Section  1,  of  Chapter  5204,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida  who 
does  not  hold  a  teacher's  certificate  granted  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  Act;  Provided, 
That  County  Superintendents  may  hold  a  special  ex- 
amination, and  issue  temporary  certificates  for  a 
term  not  longer  than  the  interval  between  the  regu- 
lar examinations,  provided  the  applicant  for  such 
certificate  furnishes  satisfactory  reasons  for  having 
failed  to  attend  the  regular  examination;  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to  the  benefit  of 
a  second  special  examination  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Act;  Provided,  further,  That  no  certificate 
issued  under  the  laws  of  this  State  since  January  1, 
1894,  shall  be  rendered  void  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  2.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with 
this  Act  are  hereby  repealed.  ) 

Approved  May  24,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5656. 

AN  ACT  To  amend  Section  Three  Hundred  and 
Forty-Four  of  the  General  Statutes  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  the  Same  Being  Eelative  to  the  Compen- 
sation of  the  Members  of  County  School  Boards. 

Be  it  Enacted  l>y  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida  r 

Section  1.  That  Section  Three  Hundred  and 
Forty-four  of  the  General  Statutes  of  the  State  of 
Florida  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  87 

"Sec.  344.  Compensation  of  Members  of  County 
School  Board. — The  members  of  the  various  County 
School  Boards  shall  be  paid  from  the  county  school 
fund  for  their  services  four  dollars  per  day,  for  each 
day's  service,  and  ten  cents  per  mile  for  every  mile 
actually  traveled  in  going  to  and  from  the  county 
court  house  by  the  nearest  practicable  route." 

Sec.  2.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  That  this  act  shall  become  a  law  upon  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  27,  1907. 


CHAPTEE  5658. 

AN  ACT  to  Eegulate  the  Salaries  of  County  Superin- 
tendents of  Public  Instruction. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  salaries  of  County  Superin- 
tendents of  Public  Instruction  be  based  upon  the  to- 
tal annual  receipts  of  each  county,  for  school  pur- 
poses, including  special  school  district  taxes,  and  ex- 
cepting borrowed  money,  as  follows:  In  counties 
where  the  receipts  are  less  than  $14,000.00,  the  sal- 
ary shall  be  not  less  than  $50.00  per  month ;  in  coun- 
ties where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $14,000.00  and 
less  than  $20,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

• 

$75.00  per  month;  in  counties  where  the  receipts  are 
more  than  $20,000.00  and  less  than  $40,000.00  the  sal- 
ary shall  be  not  less  than  $100.00  per  month;  in 
counties  where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $40,000.00 
and  less  than  $70,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less 
than  $125.00  per  month;  in  counties  where  the  re- 
ceipts are  more  than  $70,000.00  and  less  than  $100,- 
000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than  $150.00  per 
month ;  in  counties  where  the  receipts  are  more  than 
$100,000.00  and  less  than  $120,000.00,  the  salary 
shall  be  not  less  than  $175.00  per  month ;  in  counties 
where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $120,000.00  and  less 
than  $200,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than 
$200.00  per  month. 

Sec.  2.    This  act  shall  go  into  effect  on  July  1st, 
1907. 

•Approved  June  3,  1907. 


CHAPTER  5924. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Florida  Female 
College. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  Florida  Female  College  as  at 
present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby  changed  to 
and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida  State  .College  for 
Women. 

Sec,  2.    This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  22,  1909. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  89 

CHAPTER  5925. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Colored  Normal 
School. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  Colored  Normal  School  as  at 
present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby  changed  to 
and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  for  Negroes. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  22,  1909. 


CHAPTEE  5926. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  as  at  present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby 
changed  to  and  shall  be  known  as  the  University  of 
Florida. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  22,  1909. 


AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 
Section  1.    That  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

and  Dumb  as  at  present  defined  by  law  be  and  is 
hereby  changed  to  and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida 
School  for  the  Deaf  and  Blind. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  22,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5937. 

AN  ACT  Eequiring  Proper  Fire  Protection  for 
Teachers  and  Students  of  Public  Schools,  Prescrib- 
ing the  Means  for  Such  Protection,  and  Prescrib- 
ing Penalties  for  Not  Constructing,  Introducing 
and  Maintaining  the  Means  for  Such  Protection. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  all  public  school  buildings  with- 
in the  State  of  Florida,  of  two  or  more  stories  in 
height,  the  story  or  stories  of  which  shall  be  used  for 
public  school  purposes,  shall  be  provided  with  ade- 
quate stairways,  or  fire  escapes  for  egress  in  case 
of  fire. 

Sec.  2.  The  number  of  such  stairways  or  fire  es- 
capes, and  their  location,  material  and  construction, 
shall  be  as  designated  and  prescribed  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  in  which  said 
school  building  or  buildings  shall  be  located. 

Sec.  3.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  each 
of  the  counties  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or 
before  O'ctober  1st,  1909,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
may  be  practicable,  have  constructed  the  stairways 
or  fire  escapes  hereinbefore  described,  and  shall  at 
all  times  keep  or  have  the  same  kept  in  perfect  or- 
der. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  91 

Sec.  4.  That  all  the  outer  doors  of  any  public 
school  building,  where  there  shall  be  two  or  more 
rooms,  shall  be  so  hung  that  when  they  are  opened 
they  will  swing  to  the  outside. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the 
several  counties  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or 
before  October  1st,  1909,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
may  be  practicable,  have  the  doors  of  said  school 
buildings  changed,  if  necessary,  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  Section  4  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  6.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or  before  October 
1st,  1909,  or  as  coon  thereafter  as  may  be  practicable, 
formulate  and  prescribe  tactics  of  instruction  for 
fire  drills  for  all  the  public  schools  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  and  each  teacher  teaching  in  such  school 
shall  be  provided  with  a  copy  of  such  tactics,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  of  such  teachers 
to  instruct  the  students  of  their  respective  schools  in 
such  fire  drills  as  prescribed  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  7.  Any  teacher  or  officer  mentioned  in  this 
Act  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  pro- 
visions hereof  shall  be  removed  from  his  position  or 
office. 

Sec.  8.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  4,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5938. 

AN  ACT  Providing  for  and  Requiring  the  Teaching 
of  the  Elementary  Principles  of  Agriculture  and 
the  Elements  of  Civil  Government  in  All  the  Com- 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

mon  Schools  of  the  State  of  Florida;  to  Provide 
a  Penalty  in  Case  Any  County  Board  of  Education 
Fails  to  Provide  for  the  Teaching  of  the  Same,  and 
Requiring  All -Teachers  to  Stand  a  Satisfactory 
Examination  Upon  Said  Subjects. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  elementary  principles  of  Ag- 
riculture and  the  elements  of  Civil  Government  be 
included  in  the  branches  of  study  taught  in  the  com- 
mon and  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and 
shall  be  studied  and  taught  as  thoroughly  and  in 
the  same  manner  as  other  like  required  branches 
are  studied  and  taught  in  said  schools. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County 
School  Board  of  Education  of  the  several  counties 
of  the  State  to  prescribe  and  require  that  the  teach- 
ers throughout  their  counties  respectively,  teach  the 
elementary  principles  of  Agriculture,  and  the  Ele- 
ments of  Civil  Government,  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  like  required  branches  are  studied  and  taught 
in  said  schools. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  examining 
boards  in  this  State  in  prescribing  examinations  for 
teachers  in  the  public  schools,  to  require  them  to 
stand  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  elementary 
principles  of  Agriculture,  and  the  elements  of  Civil 
Government,  the  same  as  upon  any  other  subjects 
taught  in  said  schools. 

Sec.  4.  That  any  person  who  fails  or  neglects  to 
comply  with  the  foregoing  provisions  of  Sections  1, 
2  and  3,  when  the  requirements  of  said  provisions 
apply  to  him,  shall  be  guilty  of  negligence  of  his 
duty  and  subject  to  removal  by  the  proper  authority 
for  such  failure  to  comply  with  said  law. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  93 

Sec.  5.    That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
herewith  is  hereby  repealed. 
Approved  June  7,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5962. 

AN  ACT  Requiring  Tax  Assessors  to  Furnish  to  the 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  of  Their  Respective 
Counties  a  List  Showing  the  Total  Amount  of 
Special  District  Taxes  Assessed  in  the  Several 
Special  School  Districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County 
Tax  Assessors  to  furnish  to  the  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction of  their  respective  counties  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  October  of  each  year  the  total 
amount  of  special  district  school  tax  assessed  in 
each  and  every  special  tax  school  district. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  4, 1909. 


CHAPTER  6126. 

AN  ACT  Requiring  Teachers'  Summer  Training 
Schools  and  Making  Appropriations  Therefor. 

Whereas,  The  Value  of  the  Public  School  System 
is  measured  by  the  Character  of  the  Teachers  Em- 
ployed; and 

Whereas,  Teachers'  Summer  Training  Schools  Are 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Eecognized  as  Among  the  Most  Potent  Means  of 
Improving  Teachers,  and  as  being  the  Form  of 
Normal  Instruction  Which  Reaches  the  Largest 
Number  of  Teachers,  and  Hence  Whose  Benefits 
Are  Most  Wide-spread;  therefore, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars 
for  the  year  1911,  and  four  thousand  dollars  for  the 
year  1912,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  for  the 
purpose  of  maintaining  such  Teachers7  Summer 
Training  Schools,  provided  impartially  for  teachers 
of  both  races,  at  the  location  of  the  University  of 
Florida,  the  Florida  State  College  for  Women,  for 
white  teachers;  and  at  the  location  of  the  Florida 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for  Negroes, 
for  colored  teachers. 

These  schools  to  be  taught  by  such  instructors  as 
the  State  Board  of  Education  of  Florida  may  ap- 
point, and  to  be  held  at  such  times  as  the  Board 
may  designate. 

Sec.  2.  The  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  to 
draw  warrants  upon  the  requisition  of  the  State 
Surerintendent  of  Public  Instruction  payable  out  of 
any  funds  in  the  Treasury,  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, for  the  amounts  appropriated  in  Section 
1  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  to  submit  a  report 
to  the  next  Legislature  showing  the  number  and  lo- 
cation of  schools,  conducted  by  means  of  this  appro- 
priation, the  number  of  teachers  attending  each  by 
race  and  sex,  the  conductors  of  each  school  with  the 
number  of  days'  service  rendered  by  each,  and  the 


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amount  paid  each;  and  to  submit  vouchers  for  every 
dollar  paid  out  from  this  fund. 

Sec.  4.  All  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  are  here- 
by repealed. 

Sec.  5.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  13,  1911. 


CHAPTEE  6163. 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  Furnishing  School  Text 
Books  Free  to  Certain  Children. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  respective  school  boards  of 
the  respective  counties  of  this  State  be,  and  they 
are  hereby  required  to  furnish  free  of  cost  to  any 
child  not  over  fifteen  years  of  age  whose  father  or 
mother  or  either  of  them  is  on  the  roll  of  the  county 
poor  and  any  child  who  is  an  orphan  under  the  age 
of  fifteen  years,  and  who  is  without  the  necessary 
means  to  procure  the  same,  or  who  has  no  brother 
or  other  near  relative  who  has  the  necessary  means, 
or  to  any  child,  not  over  said  age,  whose  parents 
are  poor,  and  indigent  or  afflicted,  and  are  finan- 
cially unable  to  procure  the  same  for  such  child, 
all  the  school  text  books  necessary  for  the  use  of  the 
child,  upon  requisition  made  therefor  by  the  teacher 
of  such  child,  accompanied  by  the  affidavit  of  not 
less  than  two  reputable  citizens,  taxpayers  of  the 
county,  certifying  to  such  financial  condition  of  such 
child  or  its  parents,  and  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 


96  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tion;  Provided,  That  when  the  child  in  whose  be- 
half the  application  is  made,  resides  or  has  his  or  her 
home  in  a  special  tax  district,  the  financial  circum- 
stances shall  be  certified  to  by  not  less  than  two  of 
the  Trustees  of  such  district,  and  the  cost  of  the 
books  furnished  such  child  shall  be  charged  against 
and  paid  for  out  of  the  funds  to  the  credit  of  such 
district. 

Sec.  2.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  hereof  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  3,  1911. 


CHAPTER  6165. 

AN  ACT  to  Prohibit  Any  Person  or  Persons  From 
Unlawfully  Obtaining  Possession  of,  or  Giving 
Possession  to  Another,  of  Any  Questions  or 
Question  Sheets,  or  Information  Pertaining  There- 
to* Used  in  the  Uniform  examination  for  Teach- 
ers, to  Prohibit  Cheating  Therein,  and  to  Pre- 
scribe Penalties  for  the  Violation  of  the  Provi- 
sions of  This  Act. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  and 
approval  of  this  Act  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
school  official  or  employe  of  any  school  board  or 
school  official  to  divulge  to  another  any  of  the  ques- 
tions, or  to  give  possession  of  any  of  the  questions 
or  question  sheets,  or  information  pertaining  there- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  97 

to,  to  be  used  in  any  Uniform  Teachers'  Examina- 
tion in  this  State,  except  as  provided  for  by  law 
to  those  lawfully  entitled  to  receive  such  questions 
or  question  sheets. 

Sec.  2.  That  any  person  or  persons  convicted  of 
the  violation  of  the  provisions  of  Section  1  of  this 
Act  shall  forever  thereafter  be  disqualified  for  hold- 
ing any  public  office  of  honor  or  trust  in  this  State. 

Sec.  3.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  and  ap- 
proval of  this  Act  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  appli- 
cant for  a  teachers'  certificate  in  any  way  to  gain 
possession  of  any  question  or  question  sheets,  or  in- 
formation pertaining  thereto,  to  be  used  in  the  Uni- 
form Teachers'  Examination  except  as  provided  for 
by  law. 

Sec.  4.  That  Any  applicant  convicted  of  the  vio- 
lation of  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this  Act  shall 
be  forever  barred  from  holding  a  teachers'  license 
in  this  State  or  from  teaching  any  public  school 
in  this  State. 

Sec.  5.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  and  ap- 
proval of  this  Act  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  have  in  his  possession,  or  to  sell 
or  to  offer  for  sale,  any  of  the  questions  or  question 
sheets  to  be  used  in  any  Uniform  Teachers'  Exam- 
ination in  this  State,  or  to  use  or  offer  for  use  any 
of  said  questions  for  pecuniary  gain ;  Provided,  how- 
ever, That  any  person  or  persons  named  by  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  to  prepare  or 
assist  in  preparing,  printing  and  distributing,  any 
such  questions,  and  transportation  companies  in  so 
far  as  the  lawful  handling  of  the  same  for  purposes 
of  transportation,  shall  not  be  guilty  of  a  violation 
of  this  Act  so  far  as  it  applies  to  the  possession  of 
such  questions  or  question  sheets;  but  in  no  case 

7— s.  L. 


98  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

shall  this  be  construed  to  exempt  any  person,  or 
persons,  or  any  association  of  persons,  from  the  pen- 
alty imposed  for  selling  or  offering  for  sale,  or  other- 
wise unlawfully  divulging  said  questions  or  question 
sheets. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person  or  persons,  or  association 
of  persons  convicted  of  a  violation  of  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  5  of  this  Act  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding  six  months. 

Sec.  7.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this,  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  29,  1911. 


CHAPTER  6178. 

AN  ACT  to  Create  a  State  School  Book  Commission. 
and  to  Procure  for  Use  in  the  Public  Schools  of 
the  State  of  Florida  a  Uniform  Series  of  Text 
Books,  and  to  Define  the  Duties  and  Powers  of 
Said  Commission,  to  Make  Preparations  for  Car- 
rying This  Act  Into  Effect,  and  Providing  Penal- 
ties for  Violation  of  Same. 

Be  it  Enacted  ~by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
State  Institutions  be,  and  is  hereby  constituted  a 
State  Text  Book  Commission,  whose  duty  it  is  to 
select  and  adopt  a  Uniform  series  or  system  of  text 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  99 

books  for  use  in  the  public  schools  in  the  State  of 
Florida. 

•  Sec.  2.  That  said  Commission  is  hereby  author- 
ized, empowered  and  directed  to  select  and  adopt 
a  uniform  system  or  series  of  text  books  for  use  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  State,  as  above  indicated, 
and  when  so  selected  and  adopted,  the  text  books 
shall  be  used  for  a  period  of  five  years,  in  all  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  State,  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  school  officer,  director  or  teacher  to  use  any 
other  books  upon  the  same  branches,  other  than 
those  adopted  by  said  State  Text-book  Commission. 
Said  uniform  series  shall  include  the  following 
branches,  to-wit:  Orthography,  defining,  reading, 
writing,  drawing  arithmetic,  geography,  grammar, 
language  lessons,  history  of  Florida,  containing  the 
Constitution  of  the  State;  history  of  the  United 
States,  containing  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States;  physiology,  hygiene,  nature  and  effect  of 
alcholic  drinks  and  narcotics,  elements  of  Civil  Gov- 
ernment, Elements  of  Agriculture,  Theory  and  prac- 
tice of  teaching.  Provided,  That  none  of  said  Text 
books  shall  contain  anything  of  a  partisan  or  Sec- 
tarian Character. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to 
appoint  a  sub-commission  of  not  less  than  nine  mem- 
bers to  be  composed  of  4  county  superintendents 
,of  known  reputation  and  standing  and  five  teachers 
of  known  reputation  and  standing,  said  teachers 
to  hold  not  less  than  a  first  grade  certificate;  and 
none  of  said  sub-commission  shall  be  related  in  any 
way  to  any  member  of  the  Board  of  State  Institu- 
tions, nor  be  in  the  employ  of  any  member  of  said 
board.  Provided,  That  not  more  than  three  of  these 
shall  be  taken  from  one  Congressional  District,  to 
whom  shall  be  referred  all  books  sent  to  the  State 


100  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Text-book  Commission  as  specimen  copies  or  sam- 
ples, upon  which  bids  are  to  be  based,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  sub-commission,  in  Executive 
session,  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  merits  of 
the  books,  irrespective  of  the  price,  taken  into  con- 
sideration the  subject  matter  of  the  books,  their 
printing,  their  material,  and  their  mechanical  qual- 
ities, and  their  general  suitability  and  desirability 
for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  desired  and 
intended.  The  term  of  office  of  said  sub-commis- 
sioners shall  be  for  four  years  or  until  their  succes- 
sors are  elected  and  qualified.  It  shall  be  a  prere- 
quisite qualification  for  appointment  for  each  mem- 
ber of  said  sub-commission  that  before  accepting 
such  appointment  he  shall  file  with  the  Secretary 
of  State  an  affidavit  substantially  as  follows:  That 
he  is  not  so  far  as  he  knows  related  in  any  way  to 
any  member  of  the  Board  of  State  Institutions  nor 
has  he  for  the  five  years  next  preceding  his  appoint- 
ment been  employed  by  any  text  book  publishing 
company,  and  that  he  will  not  receive,  during  his 
term  of  service  on  said  sub-commission  any  emolu- 
ment from  any  text  publishers  or  their  agents  in- 
tended to  in  any  manner  bias  his  judgment  in  the 
selection  of  text  books  to  be  adopted  for  use  in  thi§ 
State. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  further  be  the  duty  of  said 
sub-commission  to  report  to  the  Commission  at  such 
times  as  said  commission  shall  direct,  arranging 
each  book  in  its  class,  or  division,  and  reporting  them 
in  the  order  of  their  merit,  pointing  out  the  merits 
and  demerits  of  each  book,  and  indicating  what  book 
they  recommend  for  adoption  first,  what  book  is 
their  second  choice,  and  their  third  choice,  and  so 
on,  pursuing  this  plan  with  the  books  submitted 
upon  each  branch  of  study,  and  if  said  sub-Commis- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  101 

sion  shall  consider  different  books  upon  the  same 
subject,  or  of  the  same  class  or  division  of  approxi- 
mately even  merit,  all  things  considered,  they  shall 
so  report,  and  if  they  consider  that  any  of  the  books 
offered  are  of  such  a  class  as  to  make  them  inferior 
and  not  worthy  of  adoption,  they  shall,  in  their  re- 
port, so  designate  such  books,  and  in  said  report  they 
shall  make  such  recommendations  and  suggestions 
to  the  Commission  as  they  shall  deem  advisable 
and  proper  to  make.  Said  report  shall  be  kept  secret 
and  sealed  up,  and  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Commission,  and  said  report  shall  not  be  opened 
by  any  member  of  the  Commission  until  the  Com- 
mission shall  meet  in  Executive  session  to  open  and 
consider  the  bids,  or  proposals,  of  publishers,  or 
others  desiring  to  have  books  adopted  by  said  Com- 
mission. 

Sec.  5.  That  each  member  of  said  Sub-Commis- 
sion, before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath  to  act  honest- 
ly, conscientiously  and  faithfully,  and  that  he  is  not 
now,  and  never  prior  to  his  appointment  has  been, 
agent  or  attorney,  or  in  the  employment  of,  or  in- 
terested in,  any  book,  or  publishing  house,  concern, 
or  corporation,  making,  or  proposing  to  make,  bids 
for  the  sale  of  books,  pursuant  to  the  provisions 
of  this  act;  and  that  he  will  examine  all  books  sub- 
mitted carefully  and  faithfully,  and  make  true  report 
thereon,  as  herein  directed  and  prescribed.  Said 
oath  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
State. 

Sec.  6.  That  said  Text -book  Commission  shall 
hear  and  consider  said  report  in  its  selection  and 
adoption  of  a  uniform  series  of  text  books,  and  shall 
also,  themselves,  consider,  the  merits  of  the  books, 
taking  into  consideration  their  subject  matter,  the 


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102  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

printing,  binding,  material,  and  mechanical  quality 
and  their  general  suitability  and  desirability  for 
the  purposes  intended,  and  the  price  of  said  books, 
and  they  shall  give  due  consideration  to  the  report 
and  recommendation  of  said  sub-commission.  Said 
commission  shall  select%  and  adopt  such  books  as  will, 
in  their  best  judgment,  accomplish  the  ends  desired. 
And  when  said  text-book  commission  shall  have 
finished  with  the  report  of  said  sub-commission,  the 
said  report  shall  be  filed  and  preserved  in  the  office 
of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
and  shall  be  open  at  all  times  for  public  inspection. 

Sec.  7.  That  said  Text-book  Commission  shall, 
immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  meet  and 
organize,  the  Governor  being  ex-officio  President 
of  the  Commission,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  its  Secretary.  As  soon  as  practicable, 
not  later  than  thirty  days  after  its  organization, 
the  Commission  shall  advertise  in  such  manner  and 
for  such  length  of  time,  and  at  such  places  as  may 
be  deemed  advisable  that  at  a  time  and  place  fixed 
definitely  in  said  advertisement,  sealed  bids,  or  pro- 
posals, will  be  received  from  the  publishers  of  school 
text-books  for  furnishing  books  to  the  public  schools 
in  the  State  of  Florida,  through  agencies  established 
by  said  publishers  in  the  several  counties,  and  places 
in  counties  in  this  State,  as  may  be  provided  for  in 
such  regulations  'as  saadj  commission  may  adopt 
and  prescribe.  The  bids,  or  proposals,  to  be  for  fur- 
nishing the  books  for  a  period  of  five  years,  and  no 
longer,  and  that  no  bid  for  a  longer  period  shall  be 
considered.  Said  bid,  or  bids,  shall  state  specifically 
and  definitely  the  price  at  which  book  or  books  are 
to  be  furnished,  and  shall  be  accompanied  by  ten 
or  more  specimen  copies  of  each  and  every  book 
proposed  to  be  furnished,  and  shall  be  required  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  103 

each  bidder  to  deposit  with  the  Treasurer  of  the 
State  a  sum  of  money,  such  as  the  Commission  may 
require,  not  less  than  $500,  nor  more  than  $2,500, 
according  to  the  number  of  books  fcach  bidder  may 
propose  to  supply,  and  notice  shall  further  be  given 
in  said  advertisement  that  such  deposits  shall  be  for- 
feited absolutely  to  the  State  if  the  bidder  making 
the  deposit  of  any  sum  shall  fail,  or  refuse,  to  make 
and  execute  such  contract  and  bond,  as  is  hereinafter 
required,  within  such  time  as  the  Commission  shall 
require,  which  time  shall  also  be  stated  in  said  ad- 
vertisement. All  bids  shall  be  sealed  and  deposited 
with  the  Secretary  of  State,  to  be  by  him  delivered 
to  the  Commission  when  they  are  in  executive  ses- 
sion, for  the  purpose  of  considering  the  same,  when 
they  shall  be  opened  in  the  presence  of  the  Com- 
mission. 

Sec.  8.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Text- 
book Commission  to  meet  at  the  time  and  place  des- 
ignated in  such  notice,  or  advertisement,  and  take 
out  the  sample,  or  specimen  copies  submitted,  upon 
which  bids  are  based,  and  refer  and  submit  them  to 
the  sub-commission  as  provided  for  and  directed 
in  Section  3  of  this  Act,  with  instructions  to  the  said 
sub-commission  to  report  back  to  them,  at  a  time 
specified,  with  their  report,  classification,  and  recom- 
mendation, as  provided  in  Sections  3  and  4.  When 
the  said  report  is  submitted  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  said  Text-book  Commission  to  meet  in  executive 
session  to  open  and  examine  all  sealed  proposals 
submitted  and  received  in  pursuance  of  the  notice 
or  advertisement  provided  for  in  Section  7  of  this 
Act.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Commission  to 
examine  carefully  all  such  bids  or  proposals  together 
with  the  report  and  recommendation  of  the  sub- 
commission  and  determine  in  the  manner  provided 


104  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

in  Section  6  of  this  Act,  what  book,  or  books,  upon 
the  branches  hereinabove  mentioned  shall  be  de- 
clared for  adoption,  taking  into  consideration  the 
size,  quality,  as  to  the  subject  matter,  material,  print- 
ing, binding  and  the  mechanical  execution,  and  price, 
and  the  general  suitability  for  the  purpose  desired 
and  intended.  After  their  selection,  or  adoption 
shall  have  been  made  the  said  Commission  shall  by 
registered  letter,  notify  the  publishers,  or  proposers, 
to  whom  the  contracts  have  been  awarded,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney  General  of  the 
State  of  Florida  to  prepare  the  said  contract,  or 
contracts,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  or  provisions 
of  this  Act,  and  the  said  contract  shall  be  executed 
by  the  Governor  and  Secretary  of  State,  and  the 
seal  of  the  State  attached  upon  the  part  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  and  the  said  contract  shall  be  executed 
in  triplicate,  one  copy  to  be  kept  by  the  Contractor, 
one  copy  to  be  kept  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Text- 
book Commission  and  one  copy  to  be  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  Secretary  of  State.  At  the  time  of  the 
execution  of  the  contract  aforesaid,  the  Contractor 
shall  enter  into  a  bond,  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than 
ten  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  State  of  Florida, 
the  amount  of  said  bond,  within  said  limits,  to  be. 
fixed  by  said  Commission,  conditioned  for  the  faith- 
ful, honest  and  exact  performance  of  this  contract, 
and  shall  further  provide  for  the  payment  of  reason- 
able attorney's  fees  in  case  of  recovery  in  any  suit 
upon  the  same,  with  three  or  more  good  and  solvent 
sureties,  actual  citizens,  and  residents  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  or  any  guaranty  company  authorized  to 
do  business  in  the  State  of  Florida,  may  become  the 
surety  on  the  said  bond;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Attorney  General  to  prepare  and  approve  said 
bond;  Provided,  however,  That  said  bond  shall  not 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  105 

be  exhausted  by  a  single  recovery,  but  may  be  sued 
on  from  time  to  time  until  the  full  amount  thereof 
shall  be  recovered,  and  the  said  Commission  may, 
at  any  time,  by  giving  thirty  days  notice,  require 
additional  security  or  additional  bond.  And  when 
any  firm,  person  or  corporation  shall  have  been 
awarded  a  contract,  and  submitted  therewith  the 
bond  as  required  hereunder,  the  Commission, 
through  its  Secretary,  shall  so  inform  the  Treasurer 
of  the  State,  and  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the 
Treasurer  to  return  to  such  contractor  the  cash 
deposit  made  by  him,  and  the  said  Commission 
through  its  Secretary,  shall  inform  the  Treasurer 
of  the  names  of  such  unsuccessful  bidders,  or  pro- 
posers, and  the  Treasurer  shall  upon  the  receipt 
of  this  notice,  return  to  them  the  amount  deposited 
by  them  in  cash  at  the  time  of  the  submission  of 
their  bids.  But  should  any  person,  firm  or  com- 
pany, or  corporation  fail  or  refuse  to  execute  a  con- 
tract, and  submit  therewith  his  bond  as  required 
by  this  Act,  within  thirty  days  of  the  awarding  of 
the  contract  to  him,  and  mailing  of  the  registered 
letter  containing  the  notice;  Provided,  The  mailing 
of  the  registered  letter  shall  be  sufficient  evidence 
that  the  notice  was  given  and  received,  the  said 
cash  deposit  shall  be  deemed  and  is  hereby  declared 
forfeited  to  the  State  of  Florida,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  place  such  cash  deposit 
in  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  to  the  credit  of  the 
school  fund;  and  Provided  further,  That  any  recov- 
ery had  on  any  bond  given  by  any  contractor  shall 
inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  school  fund  in  the  State 
and  counties,  and  when  collected  shall  be  placed 
in  the  Treasury  of  the  school  fund. 

Sec.  9.    That  the  books  furnished  under  any  con- 
tract shall  at  all  times  during  the  existence  of  the 


106  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

contract  be  equal  to,  in  all  respects,  the  specimen 
or  sample  copies  furnished  with  the  bid,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  State  to  carefully 
preserve  in  his  office,  as  the  standard  of  quality 
and  excellence  to  be  maintained  in  such  books  dur- 
ing the  continuance  of  such  contracts,  the  specimen. 
or  sample  copies  of  all  books  which  have  been  the 
basis  of  any  contract,  together  with  the  original  bid, 
or  proposal.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  contractors 
to  print  plainly  on  the  back  of  each  book  the  contract 
price,  as  well  as  the  exchange  price  at  which  it  is 
agreed  to  be  furnished,  but  the  books  submitted 
as  samples,  or  specimen  copies,  with  the  original  bid 
shall  not  have  the  price  printed  on  them  before  they 
are  submitted  to  the  Sub-Commission.  And  the  said 
Text-book  Commission  shall  not,  in  any  case  con- 
tract with  any  person,  publisher  or  publishers,  for 
the  use  of  any  book,  or  books,  which  are  to  be  sold 
to  patrons  for  use  in  any  public  school  in  the  State, 
at  above,  or  in  excess  of,  the  price  at  which  such 
book,  or  books,  are  furnished  by  said  person,  pub- 
lisher, or  publishers,  under  contract  to  any  State, 
County,  or  school  district  in  the  United  States. 

And  it  shall  be  stipulated  in  each  contract  that 
the  contractor  has  never  furnished,  and  is  not  now 
furnishing,  under  contract,  any  State,  County  or 
school  district  in  the  United  States,  the  same  book, 
or  books,  as  are  embraced  in  said  contract  at  a  price 
below  or  less  than  price  stipulated  in  said  contract, 
and  the  said  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed,  at  any  time  that  they  may  find  any  book, 
or  books,  have  been  sold  at  a  lower  price  under  con- 
tract to  any  State,  County  or  school  district  afore- 
said, to  sue  upon  the  bond  of  said  contractor  and 
recover  the  difference  between  the  contract  and 
the  lower  price  for  which  they  find  the  book,  or 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  107 

books  have  been  sold.  And  in  case  any  contractor 
shall  fail  to  execute  specifically  the  terms  and  pro- 
visions of  this  contract,  said  Commission  is  hereby 
authorized,  empowered  and  directed  to  bring  suit 
upon  the  bond  of  such  contractor  for  the  recovery 
of  any  and  all  damages,  the  suit  to  be  in  the  name 
of  the  State  of  Florida,  and  the  recovery  for  the 
benefit  of  the  public  school  fund.  But  nothing  in 
this  Act  shall  be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  said 
Commission  and  any  contractor  agreeing  thereto 
from  in  any  way  changing  or  altering  any  contract; 
Provided,  Pour  members  of  the  Commission  shall 
agree  to  change,  and  think  it  advisable  and  for  the 
best  interest  of  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  After 
the  first  adoption  of  books  by  said  Text-book  Com- 
mission there  shall  not  be  any  greater  change  in 
books  than  would  be  equal  or  equivalent  to  10  per 
cent  per  annum  of  the  whole  number  of  books  adopt- 
ed, Provided,  That  the  publishers  of  the  books  not 
changed  shall  agree  to  furnish  said  books  for  the 
next  period  of  adoption  at  as  low  price  as  previously. 
Sec.  10.  That  it  shall  always  be  a  part  of  the 
terms  and  conditions  of  every  contract  made  in  pur- 
suance of  this  Act,  that  the  State  of  Florida  shall 
not  be  liable  to  any  contractor  in  any  manner  for 
any  sum  whatever,  but  all  such  contractors  shall 
receive  their  pay  or  consideration,  in  compensation 
solely  and  exclusively  derived  from  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  books  as  provided  for  in  this  Act.  Pro- 
vided further,  That  the  Commission  shall  stipulate 
in  the  contract  for  the  supplying  of  any  book,  or 
books,  as  herein  provided,  that  the  contractor,  or 
contractors,  shall  take  up  school  books  now  in  use 
in  this  State,  and  receive  the  same  in  exchange  of 
new  books,  allowing  a  price  for  such  old  books  not 
less  than  fifty  per  cent  of  the  contract  price  of  the 


108  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

new  books.  And  each  person  or  publisher  making 
a  bid  for  the  supplying  of  any  book,  or  books  here- 
under,  shall  state  in  such  bid,  or  proposal,  the  ex- 
change price  at  which  such  book  or  books  shall  be 
furnished. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  Text-book  Commission  shall 
have  and  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids, 
or  proposals,  if  they  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  any 
or  all  should  for  any  reason,  be  rejected,  and  in  case 
they  fail  from  among  the  bids  or  proposals  submit- 
ted, to  select,  or  adopt  any  book,  or  books,  from 
any  of  the  branches  mentioned  in  Section  2,  of  this 
Act,  they  may  re-advertise  for  sealed  bids,  or  pro- 
posals, under  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  be- 
fore, and  proceed  in  their  investigations  in  all  re- 
spects as  they  did  in  the  first  instance,  and  as  re- 
quired by  the  terms  and  provisions  of  this  Act.  Or 
they  may  advertise  for  sealed  bids,  or  proposals, 
from  authors,  or  publishers  of  text-books,  who  have 
manuscript  for  use  in  the  public  schools  in  Florida, 
proceeding  in  like  manner  as  before.  And  Provided 
further,  the  State  itself  shall  not,  under  any  circum- 
stances, enter  into  any  contract  binding  it  to  pay 
for  the  publication  of  any  book,  or  books,  but  in 
the  contract  with  the  owner  of  the  manuscript  it 
shall  be  provided  that  he  shall  pay  the  compensa- 
tion to  the  publisher  for  the  publication  and  putting 
in  book  form  the  manuscript  together  with  the  cost 
and  expenses  of  copyrighting  the  same;  and  Pro- 
vided further,  That  in  all  cases  bids,  or  proposals, 
shall  be  accompanied  with  a  cash  deposit  of  from 
$500  to  $2,5000,  as  the  Commission  may  direct,  and 
as  provided  in  Section  7  of  this  Act.  And  it  is  fur- 
ther expressly  provided,  that  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation,  now  doing  business,  or  proposing  to 
do  business,  in  the  State  of  Florida,  shall  have  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  109 

right  to  bid  for  the  contract  to  be  awarded  hereunder 
in  manner  as  follows:  In  response  to  the  advertise- 
ment, when  made  as  hereinbefore  provided,  said 
person,  firm  or  corporation,  may  submit  the  written 
bid,  or  bids,  to  edit,  or  have  edited,  published  and 
supplied  for  use  in  the  Public  Schools  in  this  State 
any  book,  or  books,  provided  for  hereunder;  Pro- 
vided, That  instead  of  filing  with  the  said  bids,  or 
proposals,  a  sample  or  specimen,  copy  of  each  book 
proposed  to  be  furnished,  he  may  exhibit  to  the  Com- 
mission in  manuscript,  in  printed  form  the  matter 
proposed  to  be  incorporated  in  any  book,  together 
with  such  a  description  and  illustration  of  the  form 
and  style  thereof,  as  will  be  fully  intelligible  and 
satisfactory  to  the  said  Commission,  or  he  may  sub- 
mit a  book,  or  books,  the  equal  of  which  in  every 
way  he  proposes  to  furnish;  and  he  shall  accom- 
pany his  bids,  or  proposals,  with  cash  deposit  here- 
inbefore provided;  Provided,  That  all  books  and 
manuscripts  shall  be  examined  and  reported  upon 
by  said  Sub-Commission  provided  for  in  Section 
3  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  12.  That  as  soon  as  said  Commission  shall 
have  entered  into  a  contract  or  contracts,  for  the 
furnishing,  or  supplying,  of  books  for  use  in  the  Pub- 
lic Schools  in  this  State,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Governor  to  issue  his  proclamation  announcing  such 
fact  to  the  people  of  the  State. 

Sec.  13.  That  there  shall  be  maintained  in  each 
County  in  the  State,  provided  the  Commission  shall 
deem  it  advisable,  and  so  demand,  not  less  than  one 
nor  more  than  twelve,  agencies  for  the  distribution 
of  the  books,  to  the  patrons,  or  the  Contractor  shall 
be  permitted  to  make  arrangements  with  mer- 
chants, or  others,  for  the  handling  and  distribution 
of  the  books,  and  parties  living  in  the  country  where 


110  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

no  agency  has  been  established,  or  no  arrangements 
made  for  distribution,  may  order  the  same  from 
one  of  the  Contractors,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Contractor  or  contractors,  to  deliver  any  book, 
or  books,  so  ordered  to  the  person  ordering,  to  his 
post  office  address,  freight,  express,  postage,  or  other 
charges,  prepaid,  at  the  retail  contract  price;  Pro- 
vided, The  price  of  the  book,  or  books,  so  ordered 
shall  be  paid  in  advance.  All  books  shall  be  sold  to 
the  consumer  at  the  retail  contract  price,  and  on 
each  book  shall  be  printed  the  following:  "The  price 
fixed  hereon  is  fixed  by  State  contract,  and  any  de- 
viation therefrom  shall  be  reported  to  your  County 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  or  the  State 
Superintendent  at  Tallahassee. "  And  it  is  express- 
ly provided  that  should  any  party  contracting  to 
furnish  books,  as  provided  for  in  this  Act,  fail  to 
furnish  them,  or  otherwise  breach  his  contract,  in 
addition  to  the  right  of  the  State  to  sue  on  the  bond 
hereinbefore  required,  the  Chairman  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  may  sue  in  the  name 
of  the  State  of  Florida,  in  the  courts  of  the  State 
of  Florida  having  jurisdiction,  and  recover  on  the 
bond  given  by  the  Contractor  the  full  value  of  the 
books  so  failed  to  be  furnished,  for  the  use  and  bene- 
fit of  the  school  fund  of  the  County;  Provided,  That 
in  all  cases  services  of  process  may  be  had  and  deem- 
ed sufficient  on  any  agent  of  the  Contractor  in  the 
County,  or  if  no  agent  is  in  the  County,  then  service 
on  any  depositors,  and  this  service  shall  be,  and 
stand  in  the  place  of  service  on  the  defendant  Con- 
tractor. 

Sec,  14.  That  said  Commission  may,  from  time 
to  time,  make  any  necessary  regulations  not  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  to  secure  the 
prompt  and  faithful  performance  of  all  contracts. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  Ill 

and  it  is  especially  now  provided  that  said  Commis- 
sion shall  maintain  its  organization  during  the  five 
years  of  the  continuance  of  the  contract,  and  after 
the  expiration  of  the  same  to  re-advertise  for  new 
bids,  or  proposals,  as  required  by  this  Act,  in  the 
first  instance,  and  enter  into  such  other  contracts 
as  they  may  deem  best  for  the  interest  of  the  patrons 
of  the  public  schools  of  the  State;  Provided,  Any 
contract  entered  into,  or  renewed  shall  'be  for  the 
term  of  five  years.  The  adoption  of  books  made 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall  continue  for 
five  years;  Provided,  That  any  County  which  now 
has  an  existing  contract  may  carry  out  said  contract 
in  good  faith,  but  no  new  contract  shall  be  made 
after  the  passage  of  this  Act  by  any  County  Board 
of  Education  in  this  State,  but  County  Boards  of 
Education  may,  at  any  time  after  the  text  book  Com- 
mission has  selected  and  adopted  a  uniform  series 
of  books,  change  their  contracts  now  in  existence 
to  the  adoption  made  by  the  Text  book  Commission. 
Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
County  Boards  of  Education  to  adopt  and  use  High 
School  books  not  mentioned  in  this  Act.  Provided 
further,  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed 
as  effecting  in  any  way  any  County 'in  this  State, 
which  at  this  time  is  furnished  free  school  books 
to  its  schools,  except  that  when  it  may  become  nec- 
essary to  purchase  books,  that  the  same  be  purchased 
and  used  as  provided  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  15.  That  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the 
adoption  provided  for  in  this  Act,  the  State  Sup- 
erintendent shall  issue  a  circular  letter  to  each  Coun- 
ty Superintendent  in  the  State,  and  to  such  others  as 
he  may  desire  to  send  it,  which  letter  shall  contain 
the  list  of  books  adopted,  the  prices,  location  of 


112  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

agencies,  and  method  of  distribution,  and  such  other 
information  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  16.  That  as  soon  after  the  passage  of  this 
Act  as  may  be  practicable,  and  the  Commission  shall 
deem  advisable,  the  books  adopted  as  a  uniform 
system  of  text  books  shall  be  introduced  and  used 
as  text-books  to  the  exclusion  of  all  others  in  all 
public  free  schools  in  the  State;  Provided,  That  no- 
thing herein  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the 
use  of  sup'plementary  books,  but  such  supplemen- 
tary books  prescribed,  or  adopted,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act;  and  Provided  further,  That  no- 
thing in  this  Act  shall  prevent  the  teaching  in  any 
school  any  branch  higher,  or  more  advanced,  than 
is  embraced  in  Section  2  of  this  Act,  nor  the  use  of 
any  book  upon  such  higher  branch  of  study;  Pro- 
vided, That  such  higher  branch  shall  not  be  taught 
to  the  exclusion  of  the  branches  mentioned  and  set 
out  in  Section  2  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  17.  That  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  or  prohibit  the  patrons  of  the  Public 
schools  throughout  the  State  from  procuring  books 
in  the  usual  way,  in  case  no  contract  shall  be  made, 
or  the  contractor  fails  or  refuses,  to  furnish  the 
books  provided  for  in  this  Act  at  the  time  required 
for  the  use  in  the  respective  schools. 

Sec.  18.  That  any  teacher  who  shall  willfully 
use,  or  permit  to  be  used  in  his  or  her  school,  any 
text-book  upon  the  branches  embraced  in  this  Act, 
where  the  Commission  has  adopted  a  book  upon  that 
branch,  other  than  the  one  so  adopted,  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  discharge  and  can- 
cel the  certificate  of  said  teacher;  Provided,  That 
they  may  use,  or  permit  to  be  used,  such  book,  or 
books,  as  may  now  be  owned  by  the  pupils  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  113 

schools,  until  such  books  are  worn  out,  not  exceed- 
ing one  year  from  date  of  adoption. 

Sec.  19.  That  any  dealer,  clerk,  or  agent  who  shall 
sell  any  book  for  a  greater  price  than  the  contract 
price  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceed- 
ing $50. 

Sec.  20.  That  said  text-book  Commission  shall 
serve  without  compensation,  and  the  members  of  the 
sub-commission  actually  serving  shall  be  paid  a  per 
diem  of  four  dollars  per  day  during  the  time  that 
they  are  actually  engaged  not  to  exceed  thirty  days, 
and  in  addition  shall  be  repaid  all  money  actually 
expended  by  them  in  the  payment  of  necessary  ex- 
penses, to  be  paid  out  of  the  public  school  fund,  and 
they  shall  make  out  and  swear  to  an  itemized  state- 
ment of  such  expenses. 

Sec.  21.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  this  Act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  22.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  23,  1911. 


CHAPTER  6204. 

AN  ACT  to  Set  Apart  a  Day  to  be  Known  as 
Mother's  Day,  and  Requiring  the  Same  to  be  Ob- 
served by  Appropriate  Exercises  in  the  Public 
Schools  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.     That  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  Act  the  First  Friday  in  November  of  each  and 
8— s.  L. 


114  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

every  year  shall  be  set  apart  and  known  as  Mother's 
Day  in  the  State  of  Florida. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida  to  commem- 
orate Mother's  Day  with  appropriate  exercises. 

Approved  June  5,  1911. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS 

PRESCRIBED  BY  THE 

State  Board  of  Education. 


Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  2, 
Paragraphs  1  and '  7,  the  following  Eegnlations 
Instructions  and  Forms  have  been  prescribed  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education  for  the  use  and  guidance 
of  school  officers  and  teachers. 


REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS. 
General. 

Regulation  1.  Eligibility  to  School  Office.— Per- 
sons to  be  eligible  to  school  offices  or  positions  must 
be  of  good  moral  character,  temperate,  upright,  re- 
sponsible, competent  and  in  full  sympathy  with  the 
public  educational  system  of  the  State. 

Reg.  2.  Force  of  Regulations.— All  Rules  and 
Regulations  prescribed  by  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  not  at  variance  with  the  Statutes  or  the 
Regulations  and  Instructions  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  shall  have  the  full  force  and  effect  of  law, 
and  must  be  respected  accordingly. 

Reg.  3.     Use  of  Blanks.— County  school  officers 


116  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

and  teachers  shall  in  all  cases  use  the  blanks,  forms, 
registers,  etc.,  prescribed  and  furnished  by  the  State 
Department. 

COUNTY  BOARDS  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Reg.  4.  To  Be  Commissioned. — Members  of  Coun- 
ty Boards  of  Public  Instruction  before  assuming  the 
office,  must  be  commissioned. 

Reg.  5.  To  Hold  Regular  Meetings. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  hold  regular  meet- 
ings, at  least  monthly,  during  the  session  of  schools, 
when  they  shall  examine  carefully  all  teachers'  re- 
ports, issue  warrants,  hear  reports  of  the  County  Su- 
perintendent and  transact  other  business. 

Reg.  6.  When  to  Issue  Warrants. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not  issue  a  war- 
rant to  any  teacher,  until  the  monthly  report  of  said 
teacher,  on  which  the  warrant  is  based,  be  made  in 
conformity  with  the  blanks  furnished,  and  in  com- 
pliance with  the  directions  given  in  the  Teacher's 
Register. 

Reg.  7.  When  to  Contract  with  Teachers. — Coun- 
ty Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not  contract 
with  any  person  to  teach  a  school  who  does  not  hold 
a  Teacher's  Certificate,  unimpaired  by  suspension, 
revocation  or  limitation,  and  granted  in  accordance 
with  law.  Nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled  to  com- 
pensation from  the  public  fund  until  he  has  been 
employed  and  contracted  with  by  the  County  School 
Board. 

Reg.  8.  To  Assign  Teachers. — It  is  the  duty  of 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  select,  as- 
sign and  contract  with  teachers.  This  duty  can  in 
no  case  be  delegated  to  Supervisors  or  patrons;  but 
the  Supervisor  or  Trustees  may  report  to  the  County 


REGULATIONS  AND  FOEMS.  117 

Board,  for  its  consideration,  the  names  of  such  teach- 
ers as  are  best  suited  to  the  requirements  of  the 
school  and  most  satisfactory  to  the  patrons. 

Reg.  9.  When  to  Assign  Teachers. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall,  at  the  first  regu- 
lar meeting  after  the  June  examination  in  each  year, 
proceed  to  assign  teachers  to  schools  for  the  ensuing 
scholastic  year,  selecting  first  from  the  list  of  teach- 
ers those  holding  State  or  County  Certificates.  Sala- 
ries may  be  fixed  and  contracts  entered  into  at  a 
subsequent  meeting.  After  the  September  examina- 
tion, all  vacancies  that  exist  shall  be  filled  in  like 
manner. 

Reg.  10.  To  Avoid  Favoritism.— The  State  Board 
of  Education  earnestly  admonishes  County  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction  to  exercise  great  caution  in  the 
employment  of  teachers,  that  they  may  not  subject 
themselves  to  the  charge  of  being  influenced  by  per- 
sonal or  political  favoritism,  sectarianism,  or  by  ties 
of  relationship. 

Reg.  11.  To  Print  Rules  and  Regulations,  Etc. — 
The  State  Board  of  Education  recommends  the  adop- 
tion by  County  Boards  of  a  system  of  rules  and  reg- 
ulations for  their  guidance  and  for  the  government 
of  schools,  teachers,  and  pupils.  Such  rules  and  reg- 
ulations should  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  and 
copies  of  the  same  filed  in  the  office  of  the  State  De- 
partment. The  State  Superintendent  shall,  upon  re- 
quest, furnish  a  copy  of  such  pamphlet  to  other 
County  Boards. 

Reg.  12.  Arbor  Day.— The  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion names  the  first  Friday  after  the  first  Monday 
of  January  of  each  year  as  Arbor  Day,  which  shall 
not  be  observed  as  a  holiday,  but  shall  be  devoted  to 
the  planting  of  trees  on  school  grounds  or  other  ap- 
propriate public  places,  together  with  suitable  ex- 


118  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

ercises,  lesson  or  lectures  designed  to  interest  and 
instruct  the  children  in  the  care  and  cultivation  of 
trees.  No  teacher  should  be,  allowed  compensation 
for  Arbor  Day,  unless  a  prescribed  number  of  trees 
has  been  properly  planted  and  securely  protected 
against  injury. 

Reg.  13.  May  Require  Tuition  Fees. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  should  adopt  a  regula- 
tion requiring  pupils  from  other  States,  or  from 
other  counties,  to  pay  a  specified  tuition  fee  to  the 
teacher,  to  be  by  him  paid  to  the  County  Superinten- 
dent, and  reported  by  the  latter  to  the  County  Board. 

Reg.  14.  To  Observe  3  Mile  Limit.— The  attention 
of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  is  called  to 
the  fact  that  the  law  expressly  prohibits  the  estab- 
lishing of  schools,  for  the  same  race,  nearer  than 
three  miles  of  each  other,  unless  made  necessary  by 
local  geographical  features.  Where  this  law  has 
been  violated  in  the  past,  it  is  the  duty  of  County 
Boards  to  proceed  as  speedily  as  consistent  with 
the  interest  of  all  concerned,  to  combine  two  or  more 
schools  into  one,  when  practicable,  or  otherwise  re- 
arrange them  so  as  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of 
the  General  Statutes. 

Reg.  15.  To  District  Counties.— County  Boards 
of  Public  Instruction  are  directed  and  enjoined  to 
subdivide  their  respective  counties  into  convenient 
and  permanent  school  districts,  for  each  race  sepa- 
rately, and  to  keep  a  record  of  each  district  by  name, 
by  number,  and  by  description  of  lands  contained 
therein  (or  by  boundaries)  in  order  that  specific 
knowledge  may  be  had  as  to  the  metes  and  bounds  of 
each  school  district.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Boards  to  furnish  each  Supervisor  or  Board  of  Trus- 
tees with  a  proper  description  of  the  territory  em- 
braced within  its  jurisdiction. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  119 

Reg.  16.  To  Restrict  School  Attendance  to  Proper 
District. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  County  Board 
to  adopt  necessary  regulations  to  restrict  the  attend- 
ance of  pupils  to  the  school  within  their  own  dis- 
trict, except  as  the  Board  may  hy  special  permit  or 
by  regulation  allow  attendance  elsewhere ;  Provided, 
All  Pupils  of  the  county,  qualified  therefor,  may  at- 
tend the  county  high  school. 

Reg.  17.  Not  to  Contract  for  a  Term  Beyond  the 
Life  of  a  Certificate. — County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction shall  not  enter  into  a  contract  with  any 
teacher  for  a  term  of  service  extending  beyond  the 
life  of  the  certificate  held  by  the  teacher. 

Reg.  18.     To  Remove  Trustees  and  Appoint. — 

County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  the 
authority  to  remove  any  member  of  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  a  special  tax  school  district  who  fails  to  dis- 
charge his  duty. 

All  vacancies  in  Boards  of  Trustees  shall  be  filled 
for  the  unexpired  term  by  the  County  Bo^rd  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  upon  nomination  by  the  patrons  of 
the  school. 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  IN- 
STRUCTION. 

Reg.  19.     When  to  Make  Annual  Report.— The 

County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  in  each 
county  shall,  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  July 
each  year,  prepare  and  forward  to  the  State  Super- 
intendent an  annual  report,  in  conformity  with 
blanks  and  instructions  sent  out  from  the  State  De- 
partment. 


120  KEGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

Reg.  20.  Notice  of  Examination. — The  County 
Superintendent  shall  give  ample  notice  before  every 
county  examination  of  the  time  and  place  thereof. 

Reg.  21.  May  Appoint  Assistants. — In  case  sep 
arate  places  are  necessary  to  be  provided  for  the  ex- 
amination of  white  and  negro  teachers,  the  County 
Superintendents  are  authorized  to  appoint  compe- 
tent assistants  to  conduct  the  examinations,  but  they 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  official  acts  of  said  as- 
sistants. 

Reg.  22.  To  Require  Endorsement  of  Character. — 
County  Superintendents  are  directed  to  furnish  the 
proper  blanks,  and  to  see  that  applicants  for  exami- 
nation file  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  be- 
fore being  admitted. 

Reg.  23.  When  to  Appoint  Teachers. — In  case  a 
vacancy  should  occur  in  the  teaching  force  of  any 
school  between  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Board, 
the  County  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  fill  the 
same,  subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Board  at  its 
next  regular  meeting. 

SUPERVISORS  AND  TRUSTEES. 


Reg.  24.  How  Governed. — School  Supervisors  shall 
be  governed  in  the  general  discharge  of  their  duties 
by  the  directions  and  the  Eules  and  Eegulations  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

Reg.  25.  Powers  Defined.— The  office  of  Super- 
visor or  Trustees  is  not  one  of  control,  but  of  super- 
vision only.  Schools  while  in  session  are  under  the 
immediate  control  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 


BEGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  121 

struction.  But  in  case  of  emergency  the  County  Su- 
perintendent may  suspend  or  close  a  school,  subject 
to  the  action  of  the  Board  at  its  next  meeting. 

Reg.  26.  Discretionary  Powers  of  County  Super- 
intendents.— The  patrons  should  recommend  to  the 
County  Superintendent  suitable  persons  for  Super- 
visors (Sec.  35.  Par  3d) ;  but  the  County  Superin- 
tendent may  exercise  some  discretion  in  nominating 
such  to  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  appoint- 
ment (Sec.  39,  Par.  5th). 

Reg.  27.     Trustees  Supersede  Supervisors. — The 

position  of  Supervisor  is  superseded  by  a  Board  of 
Trustees,  when  a  school  district  becomes  a  special 
tax  district.  The  duties  prescribed  for  Supervisor 
shall  then  be  performed  by  the  Trustees. 

TEACHERS. 

Reg.  28.  Primary  Duties  of  Teachers. — Before 
beginning  a  school  a  teacher  must  exhibit  to  the 
County  Superintendent  a  certificate  unimpaired  by 
suspension,  revocation  or  limitation,  enter  into  a 
contract,  procure  a  register  and  all  necessary  blanks. 
He  must  keep  his  register  in  accordance  with  the 
printed  directions  therein,  and  must  make  out  his 
monthly  reports  in  strict  conformity  to  the  blanks 
furnished. 

Reg.  29.  Corporal  Punishment. — Teachers  are  no- 
tified that  there  is  nothing  in  the  school  laws  of  the 
State  prohibiting  the  infliction  of  corporal  punish- 
ment when  in  their  judgment  it  is  necessary;  Provid- 
ed, however,  That  such  punishment  shall  not  be  un- 
necessarily severe. 


122  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES. 

Reg.  30.  Prerequisites  for  State  Certificate. — Ap- 
plicants for  examination  for  State  certificates  must 
file  written  evidence  of  having  taught  at  least  twen- 
ty-four (24)  months  in  all,  eight  (8)  months  of  which 
time  must  be  shown  to  have  been  taught  successfully 
under  a  first  grade  certificate  obtained  in  this  State. 

Reg.  31.  For  Life  Certificate. — An  applicant  for 
any  life  certificate  must  present  endorsements  in 
conformity  to  law,  and  in  accordance  with  the  blanks 
furnished  by  the  State  Superintendent. 


LIST  OF  FORMS 


PRESCRIBED  AND  USED  IN  THE 


Educational  Department. 


FORMS  USED  IN  THE  DEPAETMENT  OF  PUB- 
LIC INSTRUCTION. 

No.     1.    Report    of   the    Organization    of    County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

2.  Recommendation  of  School  Supervisor. 

3.  Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 

4.  Acceptance  of  Appointment  as  School  Su- 

pervisor. 

5.  Notice  of  Election  of  School  Trustees. 

6.  Commission  of  a  School  Trustee. 

7.  Acceptance  of  a  School  Trustee. 

8.  Itemized  estimate  of  School  Trustees. 

9.  Endorsement  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  county  certificate. 

10.  Testimonial  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  Primary  Certificate. 

11.  Testimonial  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  special  certificate. 

12.  Application  for  examination  for  State  cer- 

tificate. 

13.  Endorsement  for  State  Life  Certificate. 

14.  Application  for  Life  extension  of  primary 

certificate. 


124  FORMS. 

15.  Application  for  life  extension  of  first  grade 

certificate. 

16.  Application  for  first  grade  life  certificate. 

17.  Teacher's  character  certificate. 

18.  Teacher's  third  grade  certificate. 

19.  Teacher's  second  grade  certificate. 

20.  Teacher's  first  grade  certificate. 

21.  Teacher's  primary  certificate. 

22.  Teacher's  special  certificate. 

23.  Teacher's  State  certificate. 

24.  Life  extension  of  first  grade  certificate. 

25.  First  grade  life  certificate. 

26.  Teacher's  State  life  certificate. 

27.  Endorsement  for  primary  certificate. 

28.  Suspension  or  revocation  of  teacher's  cer- 

tificate. 

29.  Award  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction  on 

charges  against  a  teacher,  on  appeal. 

30.  Contract  with  teacher. 

31.  Teacher's  monthly  report. 

32.  Teacher's  final  report. 

33.  Notice  of  suspension  of  pupil  by  teacher. 

34.  Notice  of  special  meeting  of  County  Board 

of  Public  Instruction. 

35.  Warrant  on  Treasurer  of  County  Board  of 

Public  Instruction. 

36.  Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  appor- 

tionment of  school  funds. 

37.  Certificate  to  Comptroller  as  to  name  of 

County  Treasurer. 

38.  Requisition  upon  Comptroller  for  appor- 

tionment. 

39.  Deed  by  husband  and  wife  to  school  prop- 

erty. 


FORMS.  125 

40.  Contract  for  building  school  house. 
(The  following  blanks   are  omitted  in  this 

compilation  because  of  length:) 

41.  Monthly  reports  of  County  Superintendent 

and  Tax  Collector  of  poll  taxes. 

42.  Itemized  estimate  of  County  Board  of  Pub- 

lic Instruction. 

43.  Monthly    financial    statement    of    County 

Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

44.  Standard  course  of  study  for  public  schools. 

45.  Annual  report  of  County  Superintendent. 

46.  Teacher's  daily  registers  (for  60,  100,  or 

200  pupils). 


FORMS. 


No.  1. 

,19.... 

Eeport  of  the  Organization  of  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction. 

County  of  ,  State  of  Florida. 

,  Florida. 

The  members  of  the  board  of  Public  Instruction 

of County,  elected  on  the 

day  of  November,  A.  D.  19. . .,  were:  Mr 

of  (P.O.)  ,  residing  in  and  for 

School  Board  District  No.  1;  Mr , 

of ,  residing  in  and  for  School 

Board  District  No.  2;  Mr ,  of 

,  residing  in  and  for  School  Board 

District  No.  3.    Of  these,  Messrs \ 

and ,  having  met  on  the  above  date 

in  the  office  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  each  for  himself,  having  presented 
his  commission  as  a  member  of  said  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  the 
first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  January,  A. 
D.  19 . . . ,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied, proceeded  to  complete  the  organization  of  said 
Board,  in  compliance  with  Section  342  General  Stat- 
utes of  Florida,  as  follows: 

On  motion  of  Mr ,  seconded  by  Mr. 

,  Mr was  elected  to  be 

Chairman  of  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 
the  County  of ,  State  of  Florida. 

Mr ,  holding  commission  as  County 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  ensuing 


128  FORMS. 

,  years,  appearing  in  person  at  said  meeting, 

and  assuming  his  duties  as  Secretary  of  said  Board, 
as  provided  by  law.  The  Board  thus  organized  then 

fixed  on after of  each 

month  as  the  day  for  holding  its  regular  meetings. 


Chairman. 

Attest:   

County  Superintendent  and  ex-officio  Secretary. 

STATE  OF  FLOEIDA, 

County  of 

Before  me,  a   ,  personally  appeared 

and ,  both  to  me 

known,  who  each  being  duly  sworn,  say  that  the 
above  and  foregoing  account  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  organization  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion for  the  County  of ,  State  of 

Florida,  is  correct,  and  a  true  copy  of  the  original 
as  recorded  in  their  book  of  minutes. 


Chairman. 


Secretary  and  County  Superintendent 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this day 

of  .  ,  A.  D.  19.. 


No.  2. 
Recommendation  of  School  Supervisor. 

(P.  O.)  Fla. 

,19...V 

To  . 


FORMS.  129 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction. 

Sir: — Five  days'  notice  of  the  time,  place  and  pur- 
pose of  the  meeting  having  been  given  by  the  Super- 
visor, the  patrons  of  school  No ,  at , 

met  and  organized  by  the  election  of  the  undersigned 
as  Chairman  and  Secretary. 

After  ballot  of  the  patrons  only,  it  was  found  that 
a  majority  favored  the  appointment  of  Mr.  (or  Mrs.) 

,of (P.O.),  as 

Supervisor  of  said  school.  We  hereby  endorse 

as  a  person  of  good  moral  charac- 
ter, temperate,  upright,  responsible,  possessing  a 
fair  education,  and  as  one  who  will  perform  the 
duties  of  the  office  impartially  and  faithfully. 


Chairman. 

•    *  7 

Secretary. 


No.  3. 

Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,Fla ,19... 

To  . 


Sir  (or  Madam)  —  Having  been  duly  recommended 
and  indorsed  as  a  suitable  person  to  act  as  Super- 
visor of  school  No  .........  ,  situated  at  ..........  , 

at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  held 
on  the  ....  day  of  ............  ,  19  .  .  .  ,  you  were  ap- 

pointed accordingly  (for  four  years,  or  to  fill  the  un- 
9—  s.  L.  . 


OF    IHE 

UNIVERSITY 


130  FOEMS. 

expired  term  of ),  or  during  the 

faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Blank  form  of  acceptance  herewith  inclosed  must 
be  signed  and  returned  within  ten  (10)  days,  or  the 
appointment  will  be  considered  rejected. 
Very  respectfully, 


Secretary  and  County  Superintendent. 


No.  4. 
Acceptance  of  Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 

,  Fla, 

,19... 

To , 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 
Sir — I  hereby  accept  the  appointment  as  School 

Supervisor  for  School  No ,  situated  at 

,  and  pledge  myself  to  perform  all  the  duties 

of  the  office  faithfully  and  impartially. 
Very  respectfully, 


No.  5. 
Notice  of  Election  of  School  Trustees. 

County  of ,.  19. . . 

State  of  Florida. 
To , 

Co.  Supt.  and  Sec.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 
Sir — Whereas,  At  an  election,  notice  of  which  was 


FOBMS. 


131 


given  as  required  by  law  for  four  consecutive  weeks, 
ordered  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

and  held  on  the day  of ,  A.  D. 

19 . . . ,  to  determine  whether  the  territory  fully  de- 
scribed in  a  petition  presented  to  said  Board  shall 
be  a  special  tax  school  district,  and  for  the  election 
of  three  Trustees  therefor,  and  to  determine  the  mill- 
age  to  be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the 
succeeding  two  years,  a  majority  of  the  electors,  resi- 
dent in  said  territory  and  qualified  according  to 
law,  did  vote  to  create  such  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict and  the  district  is  established;  therefore,  we, 
the  undersigned  inspectors  of  said  election,  do  rec- 
ommend as  entitled  to  receive  commissions  as  Trus- 
tees of  said  special  tax  school  district  No ,  and 

otherwise  known  as school  dis- 
trict, the  three  persons  named  below,  having  re- 
ceived the  highest  number  of  votes  cast  for  Trustees 
at  said  election. 


Names. 


Post-Office. 


Signed. 


Inspectors  of  Election. 


132  FOEMS. 

No.  6. 

I  • 

Commission  of  a  School  Trustee. 

Office  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
State  of  Florida,  County  of , 


, ,19.... 

To  , 

,Fla. 

Having  been  duly  elected,  on  the  ....  day  of  .... 
,  A.  D.  19 . . . ,  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board 

of  Trustees  in  and  for  special  tax  school  district  No. 

. . . . ,  otherwise  known  ....  as School 

District,  for  the  term  of  two  years  and  until  your 
successor  is  elected  and  qualified  according  to  law, 
you  are  hereby  commissioned  to  act  as  Trustee  for 
said  special  tax  school  district  during  the  faithful 
and  valuable  performance  of  the  duties  which  the 
position  devolves  upon  you — not  to  exceed  two  years, 
except  as  provided  herein. 

A  blank  form  of  acceptance  is  herewith  inclosed, 
which  please  fill  out  and  return  within  ten  (10)  days, 
or  the  position  will  be  declared  vacant  and  filled  by 
appiontment. 

By  order  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.  133 

No.  7. 
Acceptance  of  a  School  Trustee. 

County  of , 

(P.  O.), ,19.... 

To , 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — I  have  received  your  letter  of 

inclosing  commission  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  this  county  as  Trustee  of  special  tax  school 

district  No ,  called   School 

District. 

I  hereby  accept  this  position  and  pledge  myself  to 
perform  its  duties  impartially  and  faithfully. 
Very  respectfully, 


No.  8. 
Itemized  Estimate  by  School  Trustees. 

State  of  Florida, 

Special  Tax  District  No , 

County  of   

(P.O.), ,19.... 

To   , 

Chairman  and  Members  Bd.  of  Com. 
Sirs — In  compliance  with  the  law,  the  School  Trus- 
tees of  Special  Tax  School  District  No ,  known 

as  District,  hereby  submit  the  fol- 
lowing itemized  estimate  of  school  funds  necessary 
to  be  levied  as  a  special  tax  for  the  school  year  begin- 
ning July  1st,  19 ,  prorated  to  schools  and  for 

purposes  specified  as  follows: 


134 


FOEMS. 


For  School.          I  No.    No.    No.    No.    No.    No. 
For  new  building.  . .  . 

For  repairs 

i 

i 

For    rent    of    school 
building 

I         i 

For  insurance j I  •  •  •  • 

i         i 

i 
For  school  library !••••! 

! 

For  text  books I .  .  .  .  | ! ....  I 

For  salaries  of  teach- 
ers      | : 

Ii 

For      incidental      ex- 1 
penses    ! 

For  school  furniture .  j 

•  .  i 

For   all   other   school! 

purposes    j .  .  .  .  j j , 

j i i i 

Totals     |$       1$      |$       $       ['$       |$ 

The  following  is  a  complete  statement  of  all  the 
railroad  and  telegraph  lines  located  within  the  said 
Special  Tax  School  District: 

Belonging  to E.  E.  Co. ; miles  main 

track, miles  side  tracks,  etc. 

Belonging  to E.  E.  Co. ; miles  main 

track, miles  side  tracks,  etc. 


FORMS.  135 

Belonging  to Telegraph  Co. ; miles 

one  wire, miles wires. 

Belonging  to ; miles 

one  wire, miles wires. 

We  hereby  certify  that  at  an  election  held  in  said 

Special  Tax  School  District  on  the  ....  day  of 

,  19 . . . . ,  it  was  determined  by  a  majority  of 

those  voting  that  a  special  tax  of  ....  mills  should 
be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the  suc- 
ceeding two  years  for  school  purposes,  on  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Special  Tax  School  District,  bounded  as 

follows :  Beginning  at  northeast  corner 

;  then  run  west  along to 

;  thence  south  along to 

;  thence  east  along to 

;  thence  north  along to 

starting  point;  and  your  honorable  body  is  hereby 
requested  to  make  the  above  levy. 

(Signed)  , 


Trustees. 

A  copy  of  the  above  must  be  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners,  one  with 
the  Comptroller  of  the  State,  and  one  with  the  Coun- 
ty Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


No.  9. 

Indorsement  of  Applicant  for  Examination  for  Coun- 
ty Certificate. 


,  19 


136  FOEMS. 

To , 

Co.  Supt  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — This  is  to  certify  that  we  have  been  person- 
ally acquainted  with  the  bearer, ,  for 

years  and  commend  ....  to  you  as  a  per- 
son of  good  moral  character,  and  addicted  to  no 

habits  that  could  unfit  or  disqualify for  the 

position  of  teacher. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  10. 

Testimonial  of  Applicant  for  Examination  for  Pri- 
mary Certificate. 

,  Fla., 

; ,19... 

ToHon , 

State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — Being  personally  acquainted  with  M 

and  knowing  (1)  that  she  is  a  lady  of  good 

health,  cheerful  disposition,  possessing  an  innate 
love  for  children  and  tact  in  governing  them;  (2) 

that  she  has  received years  special  instruction 

in  primary  methods  and  practical  teaching  in 

Normal  School,  or  equivalent  instruction  at 

;  (3)  that  she  has  had years  (three 

required  if  she  has  had  normal  school  instruction; 
five,  if  without  same)  successful  experience  in  teach- 
ing in  primary  departments  in  the  schools  of  Flori- 


FOEMS.  137 

da;  (4)  that  she  is  a  person  of  excellent  character, 
possessing  pecular  fitness  for  successfully  teaching 
and  managing  small  children,  as  evidenced  by  her 
work  in  the  Primary  Department  of  the  school  at 

,  in  the  year ; 

Therefore,  the  undersigned  indorse  the  said  appli- 
cant for  examination  for  a  Teacher's  Primary  Cer- 
tificate. 

Respectfully, 

,  County  Superintendent. 

,  Chn.  Bd.  Pub.  Instruction. 

.  v ,  Principal  of  School. 

(Of  school  where  she  last  taught.) 

,  County  Superintendent. 

,  Chn.  Bd.  Pub.  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  School. 

(Of  school  taught  next  previous  to  the  last.) 


No.  11. 

Testimonial  of  Applicant  for  Examination  for  Spe- 
cial Certificate. 

,  Fla., 

|f|:||,|fc:;%?l| >19--- 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sir — Being  well  acquainted  with  M , 

and  having  personally  inspected work  in  the 

school  at ,  in  the  year 

,  I  unhestitatingly  indorse ....  as  a  person  of 

most  excellent  character,  and  especially  successful  as 
instructor  of  (name  the  subjects  or  branches) 


138  FORMS. 

;  and  in  every  respect  worthy  as 

a  teacher  and  character-builder  of  youth. 
Respectfully, 


(Give  post-office  address  and  official  position.) 


No.  12. 
Application  for  Examination  for  State  Certificate. 

,  Fla.. 

,  19... 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
Sir — We,  the  undersigned,  have  been  personally 

well  acquainted  with  M for  the  past 

twenty-four  months,  and  cheerfully  testify  to 

good  character  and  success  as  a  teacher.    We  know 

of  our  own  knowledge  that  has  taught  for 

eight  months  under  a  First  Grade  Certificate  ob- 
tained in  Florida,  and  that was  eminently 

successful,  both  as  a  disciplinarian  and  preceptor; 
therefore,  we  recommend to  you  for  examina- 
tion for  a  State  Certificate. 

Respectfully, 


Co.  Supt.  under  whom  last  8  months  was  taught  in 
Florida. 


(Give  postoffice  address  and  official  position.) 


FORMS.  139 

No.  13. 
Indorsement  for  State  Life  Certificate. 


,>::f  J  "      ...............  ...,19... 

Hon  .........................  , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sir  —  We,  the  undersigned,  each  of  us  the  holder  of 

a  State  Life  Certificate  granted  in  accordance  with 

the  Laws  of  Florida,  being  well  and  personally  ac- 

quainted with  the  character  and  work  of  M  ........ 

........  ,  a  holder  of  a  State  Certificate  issued  since 

January  1st,  A.  D.  1894,  and  knowing  that  ........ 

has  successfully  done  High  School  or  College  teach- 
ing in  this  State  for  a  period  of  eighteen  months 
under  a  State  Certificate;  and  having  personally  ob- 
served  ......   methods  and  noted   ......   success, 

both  in  the  matter  of  instruction  and  discipline;  we 
do  hereby  indorse    ......    as  a  person  possessing 

eminent  ability  in  teaching  and  school  government, 
and  worthy  and  well  qualified  in  every  respect  to 
receive  a  Teacher's  State  Life  Certificate. 

Respectfully, 
(Give  post-office  address  and  official  position.) 


140  FORMS. 

No.  14. 

Application  for  Life  Extension  of  Primary 
Certificate. 


Hon  .........................  , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sir  —  Application  is  hereby  made  for  indorsement 

of  my  Primary  Certificate,  thereby  making  it  valid 

perpetually.     This  certificate  was  issued  by  Hon. 

..................  ,  State  Superintendent  of  Public 

Instruction,  on  the  ......  day  of  ..........  ,  19  .  .  .  ; 

and  I  have  taught  successfully  under  it  for  four 

years  of  eight  months  each,  as  evidenced  by  the 

testimonials  and  official  signatures  attached  below. 

Respectfully, 


Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

I  cheerfully  commend  M as  an 

eminently  successful  primary  teacher,  and  worthy 
that  her  present  Primary  Certificate  be  indorsed  by 
you  and  given  perpetual  validity. 

She  taught  under  my  supervision  eight  months  of 
each  of  the  years  19 .  . . ,  19 .  . . ,  and  19 .  . . ,  in  the 
graded  school. 


Supt.  Pub.  Inst County. 

She  taught  under  my  supervision  eight  months  of 
each  of  the  years  19 . .  . ,  19 . . . ,  and  19 . .  . ,  in  the 
graded  school. 


Supt.  Pub.  Inst County. 

Note. — Continue,  so  as  to  show  where  the  teaching 
was  done,  and  to  get  the  indorsement  of  each  County 
Superintendent  under  whom  done  for  four  last  years. 


FOKMS.  141 

No.  15. 

Application   for   Life    Extension   of   First   Grade 

Certificate. 

• 

,  Fla., 

,19... 

To  , 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction. 
Sir — Application  is  hereby  made  for  indorsement 
of  my  First  Grade  Teacher's  Certificate,  making  it 
perpetually  valid  in  this  county  during  my  life, 
unless  revoked  for  cause,  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  law. 

Evidences  of  my  eligibility  for  this  extension  are 
appended  hereto,  and  I  hereby  certify  of  my  own 
positive  knowledge  that  each  and  every  statement 
made  hereinafter  is  correct  and  true  in  every  par- 
ticular. 

Respectfully, 


Sworn  to  and  subscribed  be- 
(Seal  of  Official          fore  me  this  . . .  .day  of  .... 

.  19.. 


(The  above  certificate  must  be  signed  and  sworn 
to  in  the  presence  of  an  officer  duly  authorized  to 
administer  oaths.) 

Sworn  Statements  Submitted  in  Evidence. 

1.  Enclosed  herewith  is  an  unexpired  First  Grade 

Teacher's  Certificate  issued  by County 

Superintendent  of  county,  dated 

,  A.  D.  19 ...  and  bearing  grades  as 


142  FOEMS. 

follows :  Orthography, per  cent. ;  Beading, 

per  cent. ;  Arithmetic, per  cent. ;  English 

Grammar, per  cent. ;  United  States  IJistory, 

....  per  cent. ;  Geography,  ....  per  cent. ;  Physiol- 
ogy,   per  cent. ;  Agriculture,  .  . . '  per  cent. ; 

Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching, ....  per  cent. ;  Com- 
position, ....  per  cent. ;  Civil  Government,  ....  per 
cent.;  Algebra,  . . .  .per  cent.;  Physical  Geography, 
....  per  cent. ;  Average  grade,  ....  per  cent. 

2.  I  have  taught  in  Florida  the  requisite  twenty 
years  as  follows:  (Give  the  number  of  months  taught 
and  the  place  at  which  you  taught  each  year.    The 
year  numbered  representing  only  the  year  in  which 
the  terms  began.) 

1891,  at ,  in County, months, 

1892,  at ,  in County, months. 

(Continue  the  years  thus  down  to  the  present.) 

3.  I  have  taught  nine  years  in  this  State  as  shown 
above,  under  certificates  issued  since  January  1st, 
A.  D.  1894,  and  under  the  Laws  of  Florida,  as  shown 
below,  as  follows: 

Grade,  dated 189. . .,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade  ....  per  cent. 
Grade,  dated 189 . . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade  ....  per  cent. 
Grade,  dated 190 . . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade per  cent. 

Grade,  dated 191 . . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade per  cent. 

4.  Attached  hereto  are  certificates  in  the  form 
prescribed  by  the  State  Department,  attesting  to 
my  moral  character,  faithfulness  and  success  as  an 
instructor  and   disciplinarian,   from  the  following 
persons : 


FORMS.  143 

Name  Occupation  or  position.      Post-office. 


5.  If  further  examination  be  required,  or  if  further 
evidence  of  my  eligibility  to  life  extension  of  my 
First  Grade  Certificate  is  desired,  please  notify  me 
of  the  time  and  place  of  the  examination,  or  what 
evidence  is  desired  at  the  following  address: 


,  Fla. 

Note. — A  regulation  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion requires  that  this  application  be  made  in  dupli- 
cate and  one  copy  be  filed  with  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 


No.  16. 
Application  for  Life  Certificate  of  First  Grade. 


..................  ,19... 

To  ....................  , 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction, 

..........................  ,  Fla. 

Sir  —  Application  is  hereby  made  for  a  First  Grade 
Life  Certificate,  "good  in  any  part  of  the  State  and 
of  perpetual  validity  in  the  county  where  such  en- 
dorsement is  made/'  (unless  revoked  for  cause),  in 
compliance  with  the  provisions  of  the  law. 

Evidences  of  my  eligibility  for  this  certificate  are 
appended  hereto,  and  I  hereby  certify  of  my  own 
positive  knowledge  that  each  and  every  statement 


144  FORMS. 

made  hereinafter  is  correct  and  true  in  every  par- 
ticular. 

Respectfully, 


Sworn  to  and  subscribed  be- 
(Seal  of  Official.)      fore  me  this  . . .  .day  of. ... 
,19... 


(The  above  certificate  must  be  signed  and  sworn 
to  in  the  presence  of  an  officer  authorized  to  admin- 
ister oaths.) 

SWORN  STATEMENTS  SUBMITTED  IN 
EVIDENCE. 

1.  Enclosed  herewith  are  two  First  Grade  Teach- 
er's Certificates,  each  issued  by  the  County  Superin- 
tendent given  and  bearing  grades  as  follows: 

(a)  The  latest  Certificate,  issued  by 

County  Superintendent  of County,  dated 

,  19 . .  . ,  bearing  grades  as  follows :  Or- 
thography, ....  per  cent. ;  Reading,  ....  per  cent. ; 
Arithmetic,  ....  per  cent. ;  English  Grammar,  .... 
per  cent. ;  United  States  History,    ....    per  cent. ; 
Geography,    ....    per  cent. ;  Physiology,    ....    per 
cent. ;  Agriculture,  ....  per  cent. ;  Theory  and  Prac- 
tice of  Teaching,  ....  per  cent. ;  Composition, 

per  cent. ;  Civil  Government, per  cent. ;  Alge- 
bra,   per  cent. ;  Physical  Geography, 

per  cent. ;  Average  Grade, per  cent. 

(b)  The  Certificate  before  the  last,  issued  by  .... 

,  County  Superintendent  of 

County,  dated ,  19 . . . ,  bearing  the  follow- 
ing grades :  Orthography,   ....  per  cent. ;  Reading, 

....  per  cent. ;  Arithmetic, per  cent. ;  English 

Grammar, per  cent.;  United  States  History,.  . . . 


FORMS.  145 

per  cent. ;  Geography, per  cent. ;  Physiology, 

per  cent. ;  Agriculture, per  cent. ;  Theory 

and  Practice  of  Teaching,  ....  per  cent. ;  Composi- 
tion, ....  per  cent.;  Civil  Government,  ....  per 
cent. ;  Algebra,  ....  per  cent. ;  Physical  Geography, 
....  per  cent. ;  Average  Grade,  ....  per  cent. 

2.  I  have  taught  school  in  this  State  for  six  years 
under  First  Grade  Certificates,  as  follows:  (Give 
the  number  of  months  taught  and  the  place  at  which 
you  taught  each  year.  The  year  number  represent- 
ing only  the  year  in  which  the  term  began.) 


1906,  at  
1907  at 

in 
in 

Co, 
Co.. 

months. 
months. 

1908,  at  
1909,  at  

in 
in 

Co, 

.  Co, 

months. 
months. 

1910,  at  

in 

Co, 

months. 

1911,  at ,  in Co, months. 

No.  17. 
Teacher's  Character  Certificate. 

(To  be  filed  with  Application  for  First  Grade  Life 

Certificate  of  Extensions.) 

(To  be  filed  permanently  in  office  of  County  Super- 
intendent. ) 

,Fla, 

,19... 

I  hereby  certify  that  of  my  own  personal  and  posi- 
tive knowledge  that  M has  taught 

school  at ,  in  the  County  of ,  State 

of  Florida,  during  all  or  a  part  of  each  of  the  follow- 
ing years:  (Give  dates  here) T. .... 

10— s.  L. 


146  FORMS. 

I  further  certify  that  being (specify  official 

position  as  Superintendent,  Supervisor;  or  relation 
to  school  as  patron,  neighbor,  etc.),  I  was  in  a  posi- 
tion to  know  of  the  general  success  of teach- 
ing and  discipline,  and  that  I  do  know,  that  in  both 
was  uniformly  and  eminently  faithful  and 

successful. 

1  •  •  •     : 

I  further  certify  that  I  have  known  the  above 

named  teacher  for   years,  and  am  familiar 

with personal  and  social  life,  and  I  am  con- 
vinced that possesses  good  moral  character 

and  has  no  bad  habits  or  traits  of  character  which 

would  interfere  with  the  success  of work  as  a 

teacher  of  children. 

I  further  certify  that  I  believe is  worthy  of 

a  lifelong  permit  to  teach  in  this  county  without 

further  examination  and  hereby  recommend 

for  such  permit. 


,Fla. 


Regulation  of  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
adopted  November  17th,  1903: 

Ordered,  "That  all  applications  for  Life  Exten- 
sion of  First  Grade  Certificates,  shall  be  made  in  du- 
plicate, and  one  copy  filed  by  the  applicant  with  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  when  the 
other  copy  is  filed  with  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction;  also  that  each  and  every 
County  Superintendent  shall  give  immediate  notice, 
on  form  prescribed,  to  the  State  Superintendent  of 
every  Life  Extension  given  a  First  Grade  Certificate 
and  of  every  Life  Grade  Certificate  by  him  issued." 


FORMS.  147 

-  No.  18. 
Teacher's  Third  Grade  Certificate. 

Note. — The  different  grades  of  Certificates  are 
lithographed  and  issued  in  books  of  100  each,  with 
stubs.  Stubs  in  all  cases  must  be  filled  out  as  indi- 
cated. 

STATE  OF  FLOEIDA. 

N ; ;.  (Seal  of  State.)  For  2  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Third  Graded 

To  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  ....  County: 

This  certifies  that having  presented  the 

requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character,  and 
having  been  legally  examined  and  found  to  possess 
the  qualifications  for  a  Third  Grade  Teacher,  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification  of 
Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Eequirements  for  the  Va- 
rious Grades  of  Certificates,  is  hereby  authorized  to 
contract  with  your  Honorable  Board  to  teach  in  the 

public  schools  of  this county,  for  two  years 

from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand,  this  ....  day  of  .  . .  . ,  19 . .  . 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst Co. 

Standing  on  examination.  Scale  100:  Orthography 
. . . . ,  Reading  . . . . ,  Arithmetic  . . . . ,  English  Gram- 
mar . . . . ,  U.  S.  History  . . .  . ,  Geography  . . . . ,  Physi- 
ology . . . . ,  Agriculture  .  .  .  . ,  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Teaching  . . . .,  Composition  . . .  .,  Civil  Government 
.  . .  . ,  General  Average 

N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certi- 


148  FORMS. 

ficate  who  fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  60  per 
cent.,  or  falls  in  any  branch  below  40  per  cent. 

(It  may  be  endorsed  by  any  County  Superinten- 
dent, and  so  endorsed  becomes  good  for  its  unex- 
pired  term  in  such  county.) 

Form  of  Stub  to  Third  Grade  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  19. . .  To 

Sex ,  Eace ,  Age ,  Home  P.  0 

Certificate  expires 

Standing  on  examination,  scale  100:  (Same  as  in 
body  of  certificate.) 


No.  19. 
Teacher's  Second  Grade  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  4  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Second  Grade. 
To  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction County: 

This  certifies  that ,  having  presented 

the  requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character, 
and  having  been  legally  examined  and  found  to  pos- 
sess the  qualifications  for  a  Second  Grade  Teacher, 
as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certifica- 
tion of  Teachers,  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for 
the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates,  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  contract  with  your  Honorable  Board  to  teach 

in  the  public  schools  of  this county,  for  four 

years  from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  the  .  .  day  of , 

19.. 


Supt.  of  Public  Inst., Co. 


FORMS.  149 

Standing  on  examination.  (Subjects  same  as  for 
Third  Grade).  Scale  100. 

N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certifi- 
cate who  fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  75  per 
cent.,  or  falls  in  any  branch  below  60  per  cent. 

(It  may  be  endorsed  by  any  County  Superinten- 
dent, and  so  endorsed  becomes  good  for  its  unex- 
pired  term  in  such  county.) 

Form  of  Stub  for  Second  Grade  Certificate. 

No. ...  Date  of  issue ,  19. ..  To 

Sex Race Age Home  P.  0 

Certificate  expires ,  19 ... 

Standing  on  examination.  (Same  as  in  body  of  cer- 
tificate.) Scale,  100. 


No.  20. 

Teacher's  First  Grade  Certificate. 
STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — First  Grade. 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  Greeting: 

Be  it  known  that having  presented  the 

requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character,  and 
having  passed  satisfactory  examination  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification  of 
Teachers,  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for  the 
Various  Grades  of  Certificates,  is  therefore  entitled 
to  the  rank  of  First  Grade  Teacher,  and  is  hereby 

licensed  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of 

county  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  ....  day  of 19 ... 


150  :••;,;.  FORMS. 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst., Co. 

Standing  on  examination.  Scale  of  100:  Orthog- 
raphy   ,  Beading  ,  Arithmetic  , 

English   Grammar    .,   United   States  History 

,  Geography ,  Physiology ,  Agri- 
culture  . . ,  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching 

. . . . ,  Composition ,  Civil  Government , 

Algebra ,  Physical  Geography ,  General 

Average 

(This  certificate  may  be  endorsed  upon  the  re- 
verse side  by  any  County  Superintendent,  and  so  en- 
dorsed becomes  good  for  its  unexpired  term  in  such 
county.) 

Form  of  Stub  for  First  Grade  Certificate. 

No Issued ,  19. ..  To Sex 

Race Age Home  P.  0 No.  months 

taught Grade  of  last  certificate Where 

issued Date  of  same 

Standing  on  examination.  Scale,  100.  (Same  as  in 
body  of  certificate.) 


No.  21. 
Teacher's  Primary  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  4  Years. 

Teacher's  Primary  Certificate. 
Office  of  Superintendent  Public  Instruction. 

Tallahassee,   ,  19.  .^«U 


FORMS.'  151 


To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer,  ...'.  ;:v. ..,  has  presented 
satisfactory  testimonials  as  to  her  peculiar  fitness 
for  Primary  teaching,  and  has  passed  examinations, 
written  on  primary  studies  and  oral  and  written  on 
primary  methods,  as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide 
for  the  Certification  of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe 
Requirements  for  the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates, 
this  Primary  Certificate  is  hereby  issued  authoriz- 
ing her  to  teach  for  four  years  from  the  date  hereof, 
in  the  first,  second  and  third  grades,  only  of  the 
Primary  Department  of  a  regularly  graded  school, 
or  public  Kindergarten. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  this  ....  day  of ,  19 ... 


State  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 

Grades  on  examination :  Arithmetic  .......  Gram- 
mar   ,  Composition ,  Geography , 

History ;  Average ;  Primary  Methods, 

oral ;  Primary  Methods,  written ;  Gen- 
eral Average 

Form  of  Stub  for  Primary  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  19. ..  To 

Race Age Years  instruction  received  in 

Primary  Methods  Where  Years  ex- 
perience teaching  in  Primary  Departments  in  Flor- 
ida   Home  P.  0 Last  certificate  was 

,  Grade  issued  in county,  by  ........ , 

dated  . ,  19... 

Grades  on  examination.  (Same  as  in  body  of  cerT 
tificate.) 


152  FORMS. 

No.  22. 
Teacher's  Special  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Tallahassee, ,19... 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  furnished 

satisfactory  testimonials  as  to  ....  peculiar  fitness 
for  teaching  certain  branches  not  included  in  the  re- 
quirements for  Second  Grade  Certificates,  and  has 
made  a  grade  of  not  less  than  Ninety  per  cent,  in 
written  examination  on  each  of  the  following 
branches : 

per  cent., per  cent., per  cent. 

per  cent., per  cent.,  ......  per  cent. 

as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certifica- 
tion of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for 
the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates; 

Therefore,  This  Special  Certificate  is  issued,  au- 
thorizing        to  teach  the  special  branches 

above,  and  these  only,  anywhere  in  the  State,  for  five 
years  from  the  date  hereof. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education  this day  of ,  19 ... 


State  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
Form  of  Stub  for  Special  Certificate. 

Special  Certificate,  No. ...  Date  of  issue , 

19. ..  To Race Sex Age 

Home  P.  O Last  certificate  was 

Grade.  Where  issued Dated 

Standing  on  examination:   (Same  as  in  body  of 
tnis  certificate.) 


FOEMS.  153 

No.  23. 
Teacher's  State  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLOEIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Teacher's  State  Certificate. 
Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Tallahassee,   ,  19... 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  presented  evi- 
dence to  show  that has  taught  successfully  at 

least  twenty-four  months  in  all,  eight  months  under 
a  First  Grade  Certificate  obtained  in  this  State,  and 

that is  a  person  of  good  moral  character, 

possessing  ability  to  govern  and  aptness  to  teach, 
and  has  passed  an  examination  conducted  by  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification 
of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Eequirements  for  the 

Various  Grades  of  Certificates, is  hereby 

licensed  to  teach  in  any  county  in  this  State,  and  ex- 
empt from  further  examination  for  five  years  from 
date. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  this  the day  of ,  19. . . 


State  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
Standing  on  examination.  Scale  of  100:  Geometry 

,  Trigonometry ,  Physics , 

Zoology ,  Botany ,  Latin , 

Ehetoric ,  English  Literature ,  Psy- 
chology   ,  General  History ,  Aver- 
age   

Form  of  Stub  to  this  Certificate. 
State  Certificate,  No Date  of  issue 


154  FORMS. 

19...  To Sex  ........  Eace Age 

Home  P.  0.  , Last  certificate  was 

Grade  Issued  from  . .......  county, 

Dated ,  19... 

Standing  on  examination.   (Same  as  in  body  of 
certificate.) 


No.  24. 
Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLOEIDA       Perpetual 

in  County 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Where  Endorsed. 

Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Teacher's  Certificate. 

Whereas, is  the  holder  of  an  unexpired 

First  Grade  Certificate,  issued  under  the  laws  of  this 
State,  and  has  presented  satisfactory  evidence,  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, that has  taught  school  successfully  for 

twenty  years  in  this  State,  nine  of  these  years  under 
certificates  issued  since  Januaury  1st,  A.  D.  1894; 

and  that is  of  good  moral  character,  and 

faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor  and  discip 
linarian; 

Therefore,  I  hereby  endorse  the  said  First  Grade 
Certificate,  making  it  perpetually  valid  during  the 

life  of  the  holder  in  this county,  by  issuing 

this  instrument. 

Witness  my  hand  this  the  ....  day  of  ....  19 ... 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 

County. 

Witness  my  hand  this  the day  of  . . . .,  19. . . 


FOBMS.  155 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 

» County. 

Grades  on  Certificate  Endorsed. 

Orthography ,  Beading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar   .......  History   , 

Geography  ,  Physiology  .......  Agriculture 

,  Theory  and  Practice   ,  Composition 

.  ^  . . .,  Civil  Government ,  Algebra  ,. 

Physical  Geography ;  Average  . . . 

BL  B. — This  instrument  of  endorsement  must  be 
attached  to  the  certificate  upon  which  it  is  issued. 
Form  of  Stub  for  Above  Certificate. 

Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Certificate,  No . . . . , 

Endorsed  . . ,  19 . . . ,  Holder ,  Sex , 

Bace ,  Age ,  Years  taught  in  Florida 

,  Years  taught  on  Certificates  issued  since 

Jan.  1,  1894  ....,.,  Home  P.  0 ,  Where  en- 
dorsed Certificate  was  issued  county,  By 

whom    ,   County  Superintendent,  Date   of 

same ,  19. .. 

Grades  on  Certificate  endorsed.  (Same  as  in  body 
of  Certificate  above.) 


No.  25. 
First  Grade  Life  Certificata 

STATE  OF  FLOBIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Perpetual 

First  Grade  Life  Certificate. 
Whereas,  The  bearer, .,  has  pre- 
sented satisfactory  evidence  that  ......  has  taught 

school  in  this  State  for  six  years  under  First  Grade 


156  FORMS. 

Certificates  issued  since  January  1st,  A.  D.  1894,  the 
average  grade  of  such  Certificates  being  not  less 

than  ninety  per  cent. ;  and  that is  of  good 

moral  character  and  faithful  and  successful  as  an 
instructor  and  disciplinarian; 

Therefore,  I  hereby  issue  to this  First  Grade 

Life  Certificate,  ' '  good  in  any  part  of  the  State,  and 
of  perpetual  validity  in  the  county  where  such  en- 
dorsement is  made." 

Given  under  my  hand  this  ....  day  of  . . . . ,  19 . . . 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst.  of County. 

Grades  of  Last  Two  Certificates  on  Which  This  Life 
Certificate  is  Based. 

Last  issued  by County  Superintendent  of 

County, ,19... 

Orthography ,  Beading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar ,  U.  S.  History 

,  Geography ,  Physiology ,  Agri- 
culture   ,  Theory  and  Practice ,  Compo- 
sition . . . . ,  Civil  Government  . . . . ,  Algebra  . . . . , 
Physical  Geography ;  General  Average 

Next  to  last  issued  by ,  County  Superin- 
tendent of County,  ,  19 ... 

Orthography ,  Eeading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar ,  U.  S.  History 

,  Geography ,  Physiology ,  Agri- 
culture   ,  Theory  and  Practice ,  Compo- 
sition   ,  Civil  Government ,  Algebra , 

Physical  Geography ;  General  Average 

Form  of  Stub  for  Above  Certificate. 

No ,  Issued  ,  19...  To 

Sex ,  Eace ,  Age ,  Years  taught 

in  life ,  Home  P.  O 

Grades  of  last  two  Certificates  on  which  this  Life 
Certificate  is  based:  (Same  as  in  body  of  Certificate.) 


FORMS.  157 

No.  26. 

Teacher's  State  Life  Certificate. 
STATE  OF  FLOKIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Perpetual. 

Teacher's  State  Life  Certificate. 
Alios  Docendo  Discimus. 

The  eminent  qualification  of ,  as  a  teacher 

of  youth,  having  been  shown  by distinguished 

success  in  the  schools  of  this  State,  and  having  pre- 
sented the  requisite  endorsements  and  testimonials 

as  provided  by  the  Laws  of  Florida, is 

therefore  awarded  this  Diploma,  which  is  of  perpet- 
ual validity  and  forever  exempts from 

further   examination    as    a   teacher   in   the   public 
schools  of  this  State. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  at  the  city  of  Tallahassee,  this 
day  of  ,19... 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
(Seal,  State  Board  of  Education.) 


No.  27. 
Endorsement  for  Primary  Certificates. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Tallahassee, ,  19 ... 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  pro- 
duced the  requisite  endorsements  and  filed  satisfac- 
tory evidence  from  the  County  Superintendents 
under  whom  she  has  successfully  taught  four  years 


158  FOBMS. 

in  this  State  under  a  primary  Certificate;  therefore, 
in  consideration  of  her  eminent  qualifications  as  a 
Primary  Teacher,  and  by  authority  vested  in  me  by 
the  Laws  of  Florida,  I  hereby  endorse  her  Primary 
Certificate,  making  it  valid  during  the  life  of  the 
holder,  and  securing  to  her  the  privilege  of  teaching, 
without  further  examination,  in  the  first,  second  and 
third  grades  only,  of  the  primary  departments  of 
regularly  graded  schools,  or  in  public  Kindergar- 
tens, in  the  State  of  Florida. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education  this  ....  day  of ,  19 ... 


State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  28. 
Suspension  or  Revocation  of  Teacher's  Certificate. 

Office  of  Board  of  Pub.  Inst., 

County  of 

,19... 

To , 

,Fla. 

Dear : — It  is  my  unpleasant  duty  to 

inform  you  that  certain  charges  have  been  pre- 
ferred against  you,  on  apparently  sufficient  grounds, 

alleging  that (state  the  charges  plainly 

and  briefly) in  consequence  of  wlsich 

your  certificate  to  teach  a  public  school  is  hereby  de- 
clared    (suspended  or  revoked,  as  the 

case  may  be),  and  the  right  to  teach  a  public  school 
in  this  State,  as  well  as  the  privileges  conferred  by 
said  Certificate,  are  (suspended 


FORMS.  159 

or  revoked,  as  the  case  may  require),  until  further 
notice. 

You  are  notified  that  you  have  the  right  of  appeal 

to  the Board  of  Education  on , 

19... 

Very  respectfully, 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  29. 

Award  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction  on  Charges 
Against  a  Teacher,  on  Appeal. 


Office  of 
To 


Teacher. 

After  a  fair  and  careful  examination,  on  appeal, 
of  the  charges  preferred  against  you  by  .......... 

to-wit:  ................  (recite  the  charges  plainly 

and  briefly)  ....................  it  appears  to  this 

Board  that  ................  ,  (state  the  conclusion 

of  the  Board)  ....................  you  are  hereby 

....................  honorably  acquitted  and  con- 

tinued in  your  position  (or  censured  and  discharged, 
as  the  case  may  be.)    Your  salary  will  ............ 

(be  continued  from  the  time  of  your  suspension,  or 
will  not  be  continued,  in  case  the  suspension  is  con- 
firmed or  certificate  revoked). 


Chairman. 

» 

Sec.  and Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


160  FORMS. 

No.  30. 

Contract  With  Teacher. 


This  contract,  made  on  this day  of ,  19. .  ., 

at ,  by  and  between , 

Teacher,  and  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 

the  County  of ,  State  of  Florida;  witness- 

eth: 

That  the  said agrees  to  teach  the 

Public  school  No at ,  or  such 

other  Public  School  as  the  Board  may  elect,  com- 
mencing on  the day  of ,  19 . . . , 

for  the  term  of months,  and  to  perform 

well  and  faithfully  the  duties  of  Teacher,  according 
to  the  Laws  of  the  State  and  the  Eegulations  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Instruction  of  Florida,  and 
the  Eules  and  Eegulations  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  of county. 

The  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 

county,   for  and  in  consideration   of  the  services 

being  so  rendered,  agrees  to  pay  said 

the  sum  of dollars  per  school  month, 

and  to  give  such  further  aid  as  the  law  requires. 

Provided,  The  Board  may  raise  the  salary  or 
lengthen  the  term  specified  in  this  contract,  or  if  the 
average  attendance  of  such  school  for  any  month 
shall  fall  below per  cent,  of  the  largest  en- 
rollment during  the  year,  or  if  said  Teacher  fails  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  contract,  then  the 
Board  may  lessen  the  salary,  shorten  the  time  speci- 
fied herein,  or  annul  this  contract  altogether. 

(Signed)  - , 

Teacher. 


FORMS.  161 

Co.  Supt.  and  Sec. — By  order  of  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst. 

Witnesses:  . 


N.  B. — The  original  must  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  County  Superintendent,  who  may  give  any 
teacher  a  duplicate  if  demanded. 

(Nos.^31  and  32  omitted  on  account  of  length.) 


No.  33. 

Notice  of  Suspension  of  Pupil  by  Teacher. 

School  No . . 


,19... 

To , 

School  Supervisor  (or  Trustee). 

I  regret  to  be  compelled  to  inform  you  that  under 
the  provisions  of  the  school  law  (Sec.  379,  Gen. 
Statutes),  I  have  found  it  necessary,  for  the  good 

of  the  school,  to  suspend   (name 

pupil)  from  attendance  at  school  for 

(not  exceeding  ten)  days.    The  cause  for  such  sus- 
pension is Have  the  kindness  to 

call  on  me  at  your  earliest  convenience,  to  extend 
such  aid  and  advice,  and  take  such  further  action 
as  you  may  judge  proper,  according  to  the  law. 
Very  respectfully, 

,  Teacher. 

Note. — The  teacher  must  also  give  immediate  no- 
tice to  the  parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil.  (Sec. 
379,  Gen.  Statutes).  This  may  be  done  by  modifying 
the  above  form,  but  is  always  best  done  in  person. 

At  the  interview,   the  teacher  should  carefully 

avoid  finding  needless  fault  with  the  child,   and 
11— s.  L. 


162  FOEMS. 

should  manifest  such  kindly  spirit  toward  both  par- 
ent and  child  as  should  satisfy  them  that  the  suspen- 
sion was  not  prompted  by  any  malice,  but  only  for 
the  reformation  of  the  pupil  and  the  good  of  the 
school. 

Indeed,  a  frank  interview  with  the  parent  or 
guardian  in  advance  of  suspension  would  often 
render  a  resort  to  such  a  measure  unnecessary. 

In  all  cases  of  suspension,  the  teacher  must  re- 
port the  matter,  with  the  facts,  both  to  the  Supervi- 
sor (or  Trustee)  and  parent.  The  Supervisor  (or 
Trustee)  must  review  all  suspensions  and  report  the 
same  promptly  to  the  County  Superintendent,  whose 
action  on  the  matter  shall  be  final. 


No.  34. 

Notice  of  Special  Meeting  of  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,19... 

To  , 

Member  County  Board  Public  Instruction. 
Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  request  your  attendance 
at  a  special  meeting  of  the  County  Board  of  Public 

Instruction,  to  be  held  at ,  on  the  ....  day 

of ,  at  the  hour  of (a,  m. 

or  p.  m.),  for  the  purpose  of (state  the  object 

of  the  meeting). 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst, 


FOEMS.  163 

No.  35. 

Warrant  on  Treasurer  of  Comity  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

STATE  OF  FLOEIDA. 

No To  the  Treasurer  of County 

Board  Public  Instruction. 

Pay  to  the  order  of  

Dollars. 

(Seal  of  State.) 

From  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  County  School 

Fund,  for  services  as  teacher  in  School  No at 

Given  at ,  Florida, 

this day  of ,  19 ... 

$ 

Countersigned  by 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst.      Chair.  Co.  Bd.  Pub. 

Instruction. 
Form  of  Stub. 

School  Warrant,  No ,  $ ,  Issued ,  19. .  . 

To ,  Teacher  of  School  No. . . .,  at 

Payable  out  of  County  School  Fund.    For  salary 
month.    Eeceived  by  me 


No.  36. 

Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  Apportionment 
of  School  Funds. 

Educational  Department, 
State  of  Florida, 

Tallahassee, ,19... 

Dear  Sir — The  amount  this  day  apportioned  your 


164  FOEMS. 

county  from  the  one  mill  tax  (or  interest  on  State 

School  Fund)  is  $ 

You  will  find  the  papers  necessary  for  collection 
enclosed,    which   have   been   properly   signed    and 

mailed  to  Hon ,  Comptroller. 

Respectfully, 


(Preserve  this  for  your  own  information.) 


No.  37. 

Certificate  to  Comptroller  as  -to  Name  of  County 
Treasurer. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,   19... 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahassee,  Fla. 


Sir — This  is  to  certify  that is  Treas- 
urer of county,  and  is  authorized  to 

receive  the  sum  apportioned  to  said  county  from  the 
one  mill  tax  (or  interest,  on  State  School  Fund)  for 
the  year  19 ... 


Chairman  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 
Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FOEMS.  165 

No.  38. 
Requisition  Upon  Comptroller  for  Apportionment. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,19... 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Sir — We  hereby  make  application  for  $ , 

the  sum  apportioned  to county  from  the 

one  mill  tax  (or  interest  on  State  School  Fund)  for 
the  year  19 ... 


Treasurer  of County. 

y 

Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  39. 
Deed  by  Husband  and  Wife  to  School  Property. 

Note. — It  is  the  duty  of  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  to  obtain  titles  in  fee  simple  to  all  school 
property.  The  following  form  will  answer  in  either 
case,  whether  the  wife  owns  the  property,  or  only 
signs  to  release  dower. 


State  of  Florida, 

County.  Know  all  men  by  these 

presents,  That  we  A  B  and  C  D,  his  wife,  of  the 
county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  in  considera- 


166  FORMS. 

tion  of  the  sum  of dollars,  to  us  in  hand  paid, 

and  by  us  received,  do  hereby  bargain,  sell,  grant 
and  convey  unto  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 

the  county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  and 

to  its  successors  in  office,  the  following  described 
premises,  situated  in  the  county  and  State  aforesaid, 
to-wit:  (Describe  definitely  the  premises  by  giving 
starting  point,  metes  and  bounds),  together  with  all 
the  tenements,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances 
thereto  belonging  or  in  anywise  appertaining,  to 
have  and  to  hold  in  fee  simple  forever. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  A  B,  as  well  as  C  D, 
his  wife,  who  joins  in  this  conveyance  for  the  pur- 
pose of  absolutely  transferring  all  her  claims  to,  and 
relinquishing  and  conveying  all  her  estate  and  her 
right  of  dower  in  the  above  described  premises,  have 
hereunto  set  their  hands  and  affixed  their  seals,  this 

day  of ,  in  the  year  one 

thousand  nine  hundred  and 

A  B,  (Seal.) 
C  D,  (Seal.) 


Signed,  sealed  and  delivered 
in  the  presence  of  us — 


State  of  Florida, 

County.      I, ,  a 

(Justice  of  the  Peace,  or  Notary  Public,  as  the  case 
may  be)  in  and  for  the  State  and  county  aforesaid, 

do  hereby  certify  that  on  this day  of , 

A.  D.  19 . .  . ,  in  said  county,  before  me  in  person  ap- 
peared A  B  and  C  D,  his  wife,  both  of  them  to  me 


FOEMS.  167 

personally  known,  each  of  whom  did  duly  and  sev- 
erally say  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  they  and 
each  of  them  did  execute,  sign,  seal  and  deliver  the 
foregoing  deed  of  conveyance  for  the  uses  and  pur- 
poses herein  expressed.  And  the  said  Mrs.  C  D 

,  upon  an  examination  had  and  made  by  me 

separately  and  apart  from  her  said  husband,  did  say 
and  acknowledge  before  me  that  she  executed,  sign- 
ed and  sealed  said  deed  for  the  purpose  of  absolute- 
ly conveying,  releasing,  relinquishing  and  renounc- 
ing all  of  her  estate,  right,  title  and  interest  in  and 
to  the  land  in  said  deed  described,  whether  the  same 
be  dower  interest  or  estate,  or  an  independent  sep- 
arate estate  in  her  own  right,  and  that  she  did  the 
same  freely  and  voluntarily  and  without  any  com- 
pulsion, constraint,  apprehension  or  fear  of  or  from 
her  said  husband. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto,  in  the  presence  of 
the  said  acknowledgers,  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
day  and  year  above  written. 

A  B   (sign  here). 

C  D   (sign  here.) 

(Seal.) 

(J.  P.  or  Notary  sign  here,  and  attach  private  or 
official  seal.) 


No.  40. 
Contract  for  Building  School  House. 

State  of  Florida, 

. County.         This  contract  made  and  en- 
tered into  between ,  of  the  county  of 

,  State  of  Florida,  and  the  Board  of 


168  FOEMS. 

Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of ,  State 

of  Florida,  and  its  successors  in  office,  Witnesseth: 
That  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  in 

hand  paid  to ,  the  receipt  whereof  is 

hereby  acknowledged,  and  of  the  further  sum  of 
dollars  to  be  paid  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, the  said agrees  to  build  a 

and  to  furnish  the  material  therefor,  according  to 
the  plan  and  specifications  for  the  construction  of 

said  house,  hereunto  appended,  at 

and  on  such  lot  as  the  board  may  direct. 

The  said  house  is  to  be  built  of  the  best  material, 
in  a  substantial,  workmanlike  manner,  and  is  to  be 
completed  and  delivered  to  the  said  Board,  or  its 
successors  in  office,  free  from  any  lien  for  work  done 

or  material  furnished,  by  the day  of , 

19 . . . ;  and  in  case  the  house  is  not  finished  and 
ready  for  delivery  by  the  time  herein  specified,  the 

said shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the 

said  Board,  or  to  its  successors  in  office,  for  the  use 
of  the  Public  Schools  of  the  county,  the  liquidated 

sum  of dollars,  and  shall  also  be  liable 

for  all  damages  that  may  result  to  said  Board  in 
consequence  of  such  failure. 

The  said  Board  hereby  agrees,  for  itself  and  its 

successors  in  office,  to  pay  the  said 

the  sum  of dollars  when  the  house  is 

finished  and  delivered  as  herein  stipulated ;  or ...... 

dollars  when  the  foundation  of  the  house  is 

finished,  and  the  further  sum  of 

dollars  when  the  said  house  is  completed,  as  per 
plan  and  specifications  and  keys  are  delivered. 

Jt  is  further  agreed  that  this  contract  shall  not  be 
sub-let,  transferred  or  assigned,  without  the  mutual 
consent  of  both  parties. 


FOEMS.  169 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals  this day  of 

,  A.  D.  19... 


1 

Contractor. 


Witnesses : 


Chairman  County  Board  Pub.  Inst. 

> 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


Note. — Plans  and  specifications  should  be  attach- 
ed to  the  contract. 

Boards  should  not  attempt  to  build  permanent 
and  expensive  school  houses  without  getting  some 
good  mechanic  or  architect  to  draw  up  full  and  dis- 
tinct plans  and  specifications. 

Work  on  all  school  buildings  should  be  done  by 
contract  and  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  and 
the  money  paid  by  the  Board  directly  to  the  con- 
tractor himself. 


INDEX 


INDEX. 


A 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

ABOLISHMENT   OF   AND   RE-ESTABLISHMENT 
OF  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER  LEARNING— 

Institutions  abolished  1  55 

Property    of    abolished    institutions    vested    in 

State  Board  of  Education 2  56 

Reports,  inventories,  indebtedness,  schedules  and 

vouchers  of  abolished  institutions 3  57 

Continuing  appropriations  revoked 4  58 

State   Auditor   to   audit   accounts   of   abolished 

institutions    5  58 

Boards  of  Trustees  abolished : 6  58 

Sections  of  R.  S.  relative  to  Fla.  Ag.  Coll.  re- 
pealed    7  59 

Sections  of  R.  S.  relative  to  Seminaries  repealed.  8  59 
Sections  of  R.  S.  relative  to  White  Normal  re- 
pealed     9  59 

St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial  School ...  10  59 

Colored  Normal   School 11  60 

University  and  Female  College  created 12  61 

Board  of  Control  appointment  and  terms 13  61 

Board  of  Control— organization  and  expenses ...  14  62 
Board  of  Control — under  supervision   of   State 

Board  of  Education 15  62 

First  joint  meeting  of  boards 16  62 

Location    of    new    institutions 17  63 

Disposition  of  assets  of  abolished  institutions . .  18  65 
Board    of     Control — to    manage    and    conduct 

schools  .  19  67 


174  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

ABOLISHMENT  OF  AND  RE-ESTABLISHMENT 
OF  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER  LEARNING— 
(Continued.) 

Institute  for  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb — manage- 
ment   of 20  68 

State   University— Departments    of 21  70 

Female  College — admission  to  and  scope  of  in- 
struction      22  71 

State   University— admission   to 23  72 

Board,  tuition  fees,  etc.,  county  scholarships ...  24  72 

Libraries,  paraphernalia  and  apparatus 25  73 

Property  of  abolished  University  of  Florida 26  73 

Property  of  Florida   State  College 27  74 

Funds  for  support  of  schools — how  apportioned.  28  75 

Funds   appropriated   by   United    States 29  76 

Appropriations  by  State  of  Florida 30  76 

Appropriation  for  interest  deficit  for  University  31  77 

Duties  of  State  Treasurer 32  77 

Payment  of  debts  of  abolished  institutions 33  78 

Disbursements    for    institutions     created — how 

made    34  78 

Board  of  Control  a  body  corporate — Its  powers 

and   employees    35  79 

Trustees  of  abolished  institutions — tenure  and 

duties     36  78 

Reports  to  Legislature,  duties  of  Comptroller..  37  80 
Board  of  Control  to  provide  system  of  examina- 
tions       38  80 

Duties  of   State   Superintendent   of   Public  In- 
struction       39  81 

Conflicting  laws  repealed 40  81 

ACCOUNTS— 

Audited  and  paid  by  County  Boards .  .  7      35      17 


INDEX.  175 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

AGRICULTURE  AND  CIVIL  GOVERNMENT  TO 
BE  TAUGHT  IN  ALL  THE  COMMON  SCHOOLS 
OF  FLORIDA— 

Agriculture  and  Civil  Government  to  be  taught . .  1  92 

Duty  of  Co.  Boards  of  Pub.  Inst 2  92 

Duty  of  Examining  Boards 3  92 

Persons  subject  to  removal 4  92 

APPARATUS— 

County  Board  to  provide 5      35  17 

County  Superintendent  to  inspect 2      39  21 

Penalty  for  defacing 107  47 

APPEALS— 

State  Supt.  to  decide  upon  or  refer 6        2  8 

State  Board  to  entertain  and  decide 3      28  14 

State  Board  to  prescribe  manner  of  making ....  3      28  14 

County  Supt.  to  notify  applicant 10    39  22 

APPLICANTS— 

For  examination,  requirements  of 50  25 

Third  Grade  Certificate,  requirements  for 51  26 

Second  Grade  Certificate,  requirements  for 52  26 

First  Grade  Certificate,  requirements  for 53  26 

State  Certificate,  requirements  for 56  27 

Must  file  certain  evidence 30  121 

For  Life  Certificates 57  28 

For    Special    Certificates 55  27 

For  Primary  Certificates 54  26 

APPOINTEES— 

To  notify  of  acceptance  and  make  pledge 1      25  13 

APPORTIONMENT— 

Of  one  mill  tax,  when  made 6  4 


176  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
APPOINTEES—  ( Continued. ) 

Of  interest  on  State  School  Fund 7        4 

By  whom  made  and  the  basis 4        2        8 

When  made  on  discretionary  basis 528 

APPROPRIATIONS— 

To  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  (1911-1912) 94 

ARBITRATIONS— 

Who  to  prescribe  manner  of  conducting 3      28      14 

ARBOR    DAY 12     117 

ASSESSOR  OF  TAXES— 

To  assess  school  district  tax 96      43 

ATTENDANCE  OF  PUPILS— 

Average  attendance,  basis  of  apportionment 4        2        8 

Largest  attendance,  how  to  secure 5      35      17 

County  Supt.  to  inspect 2      39      21 

On  Special  Tax  Schools,  when  by  outsiders 100      45 

County  line  pupils 18      12 

Tuition  for,  when  may  be  required 13    118 

For  holidays,  how  reported 70      33 

Restricted  to  own  district 16    119 

B 

BLANKS— 

Printing  and  distribution  of 1        2        7 

Use  of  by  County  Supt 4      39      21 

Use  of  by  School  officers  and  teachers 3    115 

Forms  of  (See  list  on  pp.  123-125.) 


INDEX.  177 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
BOARD  OF  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS— 

See  County  Commissioners. 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

See  State  Board  of  Education. 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

fcnall  consist  of  three  members,  elected  bi-eiiuia I  ly            21  12 

Must  be  commissioned 4  116 

Vacancies — how  filled 38  20 

Body   corporate,    powers    defined 30  15 

Procedure  of  organization 31  15 

Titles  to  school  property  shall  be  rested  in 32  16 

Compensation  of  members 1  86 

To  hold  regular  meetings 11    35  19 

To  meet  at  least  monthly 5  116 

When  to  convene  in  special  sessions 11    35  19 

Co.  Supt.  to  be  Secretary  of 33  16 

Co.  Treasurer  to  be  Treasurer  of 34  16 

To  disburse  school  funds  solely  for  public  free 

schools 9  4 

To  hold  and  dispose  of  school  property 1      35  16 

To  locate  and  maintain  schools 2      35  16 

To  appoint  Supervisors 3      35  17 

To  select  and  provide  school  sites 4      35  17 

General  discretionary  duties  and  powers 5      35  17 

To  establish  high  schools 5      35  17 

To  employ,  contract  with,  and  pay  teachers ....  6      35  17 
To  locate  schools  not  nearer  than  three  miles, 

etc 6      35  17 

To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due 7      35  17 

To  keep  records  of  official  acts 8      35  18 

To  make  certain  reports 8      35  18 

To  file  itemized  annual  financial  statement....  9      35  18 
12— S.  L. 


178  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
BOARD  OP  PUBLIC  INST.—  (Continued.) 

To  file  itemized  monthly  financial  statement...  9  35  18 

To  exercise  plenary  powers 10  35  18 

To  prepare  and  file  itemized  estimates 12  35  19 

To  appoint  Grading  committee 61  29 

To  pay  members  of  Grading  Committee 64  31 

To  form  School  Board  Districts,  etc 37  19 

To  have  poll  taxes  collected 13  35  19 

Not  to  contract  with  a  member,  except 36  19 

To  order  Special  Tax  School  District  elections . .  '85  38 

May  change  boundaries  of  districts 86  39 

To  hold  bi-ennial  district  elections 91  41 

To  remove  Trustees,  under  certain  circumstances  92  41 

To  control  special  tax  schools,  except 93  42 

Power  to  reject  teachers  and  fill  vacancies 93  42 

To  fix  salaries  of  teacher  and  length  of  school 

term  97  44 

To  examine  books  of  Tax  Collector 13  35  19 

Authorized  to  contract  debts,  conditions 17  11 

Authorized  to  borrow  money,  conditions 17  11 

Sale  of  school  books,  etc Ill  48 

Force  and  effect  of  Rules  and  Regulations  of . . .  2  115 

To  use  blanks  prescribed  by  State 3  115 

To  issue  teachers'  warrants 6  116 

To  contract  with  teachers 7  116 

To  select  and  contract  with  teachers 8  116 

To  assign  teachers 9  117 

Caution  in  employing  teachers 10  117 

To  print  Rules  and  Regulations,  etc 11  117 

May  require  tuition  fees  for  non-resident  pupils.  13  118 

When  to  combine  schools 14  lig 

To  subdivide  counties  into  school  districts 15  118 

To  restrict  pupils  to  their  own  school 16  119 

To  contract  with  teachers  not  to  exceed  life  of 

certificate    17  119 


INDEX.  179 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 


BOND,  OR  BONDS— 


When  required,  by  whom  fixed  and  approved ...     2      25  13 

Without  bond  liability  for  loss 3      25  13 

BUILDINGS,  SCHOOL— 

Unlawful  to  teach  whites  and  negroes  in  same 

building  113  49 

Must  not  be  closer  than  three  miles 6      35  17 

Teachers  to  see,  not  defaced 3      65  31 

Penalty  for  insulting  teacher  in 109  48 

Penalty  for  defacing  with  obscene  thing. ........  108  47 

Penalty  for  marring  or  destroying 107  4'7 

Contract  for  buildings,  form  of,  No.  40 167 

c 

CERTIFICATES,  TEACHERS— 

No  person  who  is  not  a  holder  of  a  certificate  is 

allowed  to  teach 47  24 

Seven  grades  for 48  25 

Issued  on  examination,  mode  of   (see  examina- 
tion.)      49  25 

Application  for,  must  file  endorsement 50  25 

Primary,   requirements  for 54  26 

Extension  of,  for  life 59  28 

Form  in  re  Nos.  18-20  (pages  147-157.) 

Special,   requirements  for 55  27 

Form  of  endorsement,  No.  9 135 

Third  Grade,  requirements  for 51  26 

Second  Grade,  requirements  for 52  26 

First   Grade,   requirements   for 53  26 

Extension  of,   for  life 59  28 

State,  requirements  for 56  27 

Life,  requirements  for 57  28 


180  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
CERTIFICATE  OF  TEACHERS—  ( Continued. ) 

By  whom  revoked  or  suspended 60      29 

Trustees  to  nominate  only  holders  of 93      42 

May  be  endorsed 58      28 

Temporary  certificate 1      86 

CHEATING  IN  EXAMINATIONS,  PENALTY  FOR— 

Unlawful  to  divulge  questions 1  96 

Penalty    2  97 

Applicants  for  certificates 3  97 

Penalty    4  97 

Possession  of  questions 5  97 

Penalty    6  97 

CLERK  CIRCUIT  COURT— 

Bond  of  school  officers  to  be  filed  with 2      25      13 

To  record  organization  of  School  Board 31      15 

School  Board  Districts,  creation  of,  filed  with. .  37      19 

COLORED  NORMAL— NAME  CHANGED— 

Florida    Agricultural    and    Mechanical    College 
for  Negroes j      gg 

COMPENSATION  OF  MEMBERS  OF  COUNTY 
SCHOOL  BOARDS— 

Four  dollars  per  day x      g? 

COMMON  SCHOOL  FUND— 
See  State  School  Fund. 

COMPTROLLER,  STATE— 

Itemized  estimate  of  Trustees  to  be  filed  with. .  95      42 

To  assess  and  collect  certain  taxes 96      43 

To  remit  to  County  Treasurer 96      43 


INDEX.  181 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

CONSTITUTION  OF  FLORIDA— ARTICLE  XII.— 
EDUCATION — 

Uniform  system  of  schools. 1        3 

Superintendent  of  Pub.  Inst 2        3 

State  Board  of  Education 3        3 

State  School  Fund 4        3 

Principal  S.  S.  Fund  inviolate 5        4 

Special  one  mill  tax  on  the  dollar 6        4 

Distribution  of  the  S.  S.  Fund 7        4 

Assessment  and  collection  of  taxes 8        4 

County  School  Fund 9        4 

Provision  for  school  districts .  10        5 

A    School   District 11        5 

Races  to  be  separated 12        5 

How  school  funds  to  be  used 13        5 

Establishment  of  Normal  Schools 14        6 

Compensation  of  county  school  officers,  how  paid  15        6 
Article  IV. — Duties  of  State  Superintendent  of 

Pub.  Inst 6 

CONTRACT- 
TO  be  made  with  teachers 6      35      17 

Form  of,  No.  30 160 

Form  of,  for  building  school  house,  No.  40 167 

Not  to  be  made  with  teachers,  when 7    116 

Not  to  exceed  life  of  teacher's  certificate 17    119 

CONVENTION  OF  SCHOOL  OFFICERS— 

• 

For  what  purpose  and  by  whom  may  be  called.     2        2        7 
COUNTY  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


182  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

COUNTY    BOARD    OF    PUBLIC    INSTRUCTION 
AUTHORIZED  TO  BORROW  MONEY- 
CO.  Boards  authorized  to  borrow  money— rate  of 
interest— uses  of   money 

O  QA 

Duty  of  Co.  Treasurer 

Payment  of  interest,  how  made 3      ^ 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  FUND— 
See  Funds. 

COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUBLIC    IN- 
STRUCTION— 

An  officer  of  the  department 20  12 

Requirements  for  eligibility 1  H5 

Secretary  of  County  Board 33  16 

Compensation  of 1  87 

To  visit  and  examine  condition  of  each  school.  .2  39  21 

To  keep  complete  record  of  each  school 6  39  21 

To  report  to  State  Superintendent  names,  etc. . .  7  39  21 

To  decide  disputes  and  refer  his  decisions 8  39  22 

To  look  after  school  buildings  and  funds 9  39  22 

To  conduct  examinations 44  26 

To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates 10  39  22 

To  forward  monthly  certified  list  of  persons  who 

have  paid  poll  taxes 11  39  22 

To  give  notice  of  teachers'  examinations 20  120 

To  appoint  assistant  examiners  when. 21  120 

How  to  proceed  with  examination  questions 45  24 

Mode  of  conducting  examinations 46  24 

To  have  same  control  of  Special  Tax  Schools  / 

as  of  others 93  42 


INDEX.  183 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUBLIC    IN- 
STRUCTION— ( Continued. ) 

Monthly  reports  of  Treasurer  to  be  filed  with ...  15  11 

Duties  pertaining  to  county  line  pupils 18  1'4 

Not  to  le  interested  in  the  sale  or  adoption  of 

school  books Ill  48 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws 114  50 

To  report  tuition  fees  to  County  Board 13  118 

May  suspend  or  close  a  school 25  120 

To  be  satisfied  teacher  has  legal  certificate  before 

contracting  with 28  121 

To  make  annual  report  to  State  Supt.,  when 19  119 


D 


DAYS— 


Arbor    day 12    117 

Mother's  day 1    113 

See  School  day. 

Vacation  and  holidays 11      10 

DEEDS— 

To  school  property,  form  of,  No.  39 165 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Officers    of 20      12 

Shall  conform  to  regulations  of 22      13 

By  whom  removed 4      28      15 

State  Supt.  to  prescribe  regulations  for 7        2        8 

DISPUTES,  OR  DIFFERENCES—  }^, 

To  be  entertained  by  State  Board  when 3      28      14 

Co.  Supt.  to  decide  and  refer..  8      39      22 


184  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
DISTRICT— 

School  Districts,  constitution  for 10  5 

Town  or  City  may  constitute 11  5 

School   Districts   defined 84  38 

Special  Tax  School  Districts,  defined 84  38 

See  Special  Tax  School  District. 

School  Board  Districts,  how  formed... 37  Id 

See  School  Board  District. 

DISTRICT  SCHOOL  TAX— 

Constitution  for 10  & 

Where  and  for  what  purposes  may  be  expended..  11  5 

Procedure  required  to  levy 85  38 

Election  bi-ennial  to  fix  mill  age  of 91  41 

Trustees  to  notify  Assessor  of  millage  to  levy . .  95  42 

E 

EDUCATION,  HIGHER— 

State  Board  of  Education  to  foster 5      28      15 

ELECTION— 

To  create  Special  Tax  School  Districts 89  40 

Notice  of  district  elections  to  be  published 87  39 

Qualification  of  voters 90  40 

•     List  of  qualified  voters  to  be  furnished  by  super- 
visor of  Registration 89  40 

Vote  canvassed  by  County  Board 88  40 

Bi-ennial  election  for  Trustees  and  millage 91  41 

Ballot,  form  of 101  45 

ESTIMATE  ITEMIZED— 
See  Itemized  Estimate. 


INDEX.  185 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
EXAMINATIONS,  TEACHERS'— 

Notice  of,  to  be  given 20  120 

Held  in  June  and  September  yearly 41  23 

One  must  be  held  at  county  site 42  23 

Others  may  be  ordered  by  State  Superintendent .  43  23 

Questions  prepared  by  State  Superintendent 44  24 

Sent  under  seal 44  24 

For  County  Certificates,  conducted  by  Co.  Supt. .  44  24 
For  State  Certificates,  conducted  by  State  Super- 
intendent      56  27 

Examinees  must  file  character  endorsement ....  50  25 

Must  pay  a  fee  of  $1.00 50  25 

Mode  of  conducting  examination 46  24 

Procedure  when  doubtful  of  meaning  of  question  45  24 

Papers  to  be  preserved  by  Co.  Supt 63  30 

Privilege  of  dissatisfied  examinee 63  30 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws 114  50 

See  Cheating  in  examination 96 

EXAMINATIONS,  SCHOOL— 

When  teacher  must  hold. .                                          6      65  32 


F 


FIRE  PROTECTION   FOR  TEACHERS   AND 
STUDENTS— 

Stairways   required 1  90 

Number  of  stairways  to  be  prescribed  by  Board 

of    Pub.    Inst 2  90 

Time  given  Board  to  provide  stairways 3  90 

How  to  hang  doors 4  91 

Time  given  to  change  doors 5  91 

State  Supt.  to  prescribe  fire  drills. ... 6  91 

Penalty  to  comply  with  provisions  of  this  act. . .  7  91 


186  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

FLORIDA    FEMALE    COLLEGE— NAME    CHANG- 
ED— 

Florida  State  College  for  Women 1      88 

FORFEITURES— 

When  by  a  county  made. 

FORMS— 

(See  list  of,  pages  123-125.) 

FUNDS- 
NO  law  shall  be  enacted  authorizing  appropria- 
tion to  other  than  school  purposes 13        5 

All  resident  youth  shall  have  free  instruction . .  69 

Co.  Supt.  to  turn  over  to  his  successor 26      14 

FUNDS,  STATE  SCHOOL— 

Who  to  manage 3  3 

Sources    of 4  3 

Interest  on,  how  to  be  used 4  3 

Principal  of,   inviolate 5  4 

v  Basis  of  apportionment  of 7  4 

Who  to  apportion 4        2  8 

State  Treasurer  to  keep  account  of  with  counties  12  10 

FUNDS,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Sources   of 9  4 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  diverting 13  5 

County  school  officers  to  be  paid  from 15  6 

Monthly  report  of,  to  be  filed  by  Treasurer. ...  15  11 
Transferrence  of,  for  pupils  attending  school  in 

another  county  18  12 

When  forfeited 19  12 


INDEX.  187 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
FUNDS,  DISTRICT  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provision  for  ...................  10  5 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  to  divert  ..............  13  5 

^/Who  to  apportion,  and  proviso  ........  .  .......  94  42 

To  be  used  in  districts  solely  for  school  purposes  98  44 

FURNITURE— 

School  Board  to  supply  .......................  5      35  17 

Penalty  for  defacing  ..........................  108  47 


6 


GRADING  COMMITTEE— 


To  be  appointed  by  County  Board  .............  61  29 

Who  eligible,  and  duties  of  ....................  61  29 

Time  allowed  and  from  what  fund  paid  ........  64  31 

GRADING  SHEET— 

Grading  Committee  must  make  two  copies  .....  62  30 

GROUNDS,  SCHOOL— 

For  school  site,  by  whom  provided  ............  4      35  17 

Improvements  and  care  of  ....................  5      35  37 

Authority  of  teacher  on  ......................  4      65  31 

Arbor  Day,  to  be  devoted  to  planting  trees  on  .  .  12  117 

H 

HIGHER  EDUCATION— 

State  Board  to  provide  for  ....................  5      28  15 

HIGH  SCHOOLS— 

When  County  Board  shall  establish  ...........  5      35  17 

Who  eligible  to  attend  ........................  16  119 


188  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
HIGH  SCHOOLS—  (Continued.) 

Holidays ;  which  are  school  holidays 11      10 

Arbor  Day  not  a  holiday 12    117 

How  to  be  reported  by  teachers 70      33 

I 

IMMORALITY— 

Cause  for  revoking  a  teacher's  certificate 60      29 

Cause  for  suspending  a  pupil 5      65      32 

INSPECTION— 

By  Co.  Supt.  for  proper  location  of  schools 1      39      20 

Of  each  school  once  a  term,  by  Co.  Supt 2      39      21 

To  keep  record  of  visits  by  Co.  Supt 6      39      21 

INSPECTION  AND  CLERKS— 

Of  district  elections,  appointed  by  Co.  Board — 

duties  of 87      39 

To  make  returns  to  Co.  Boards 88      40 

INSTITUTE     FOR     THE     BLIND,     DEAF     AND 
DUMB— NAME  CHANGED— 

Florida  School  for  the  Deaf  and  the  Blind 1      90 

(See  Chapter  5384) 50 

INSTITUTES— 

State  Supt.  to  provide  for 3  2  7 

INSTRUCTIONS— 

Regulations,  decisions,  etc.,  by  whom  prepared.  .1  2  7 
INSULTING— 

A  teacher  before  his  pupils,  penalty  for. . .  109      48 


INDEX.  189 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
INTEREST— 

See  Funds ;  also  moneys. 

INTERRUPTING— 

A  school,  penalty  for 110      48 

ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE— 

County  Boards  to  prepare  and  file 13    35      19 

Form  of,  No.  42 125 

Trustees  to  prepare  and  file 95      42 

Form  of,  No.  8 133 

J 

JURY— 

When  teacher  not  liable  to  duty  on 66      32 

K 

KINDERGARTENS  ESTABLISHED— 

Establishing  kindergartens 1      82 

Kindergarten  part  of  public  school 2      83 

Qualification  of  kindergarten  teachers 3      83 

KNOWLEDGE— 

State  Board  to  co-operate  in  diffusing 6      28      15 

County  Boards  to  perform  all  reasonable  acts  in 
diffusing   of 10    35      18 

L 

LANDS— 

School  lands,  management  of 1      28      14 

Improvement  of,   by  Co.   Boards 5      35      19 

Not  to  be  sold  on  credit . .  29      15 


190  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
LAW  OR  LAWS— 

Regulations  of  Co.  Boards  have  effect  of 2    115 

Special  Tax  Schools  under  the  same  as  other 
schools     93      42 

LIBRARIES— 

Constitutional    provision    for 11        5 

Trustees  may  purchase 99      45 

LIFE  CERTIFICATES— 

Form  of  application,  No.  13 139 

Without  examination    57      28 

Applicant  for,  must  present  endorsement 30     122 

Form  of  certificate,  No.  2o..  157 


M 


MAJORITY— 


Of  any  Educational  Board,  a  quorum 24      13 

Of    votes    cast    determines    any    question    in    a 

Special  Tax  School  District .- 85      38 

MEETINGS— 

Regular,  of  County  Boards 11    35      19 

Regular,  must  be  at  least  monthly 5     116 

MIXED  SCHOOLS— 

Constitution  hearing  on 12        5 

Penal  offense  to  mix  races  in  any  school 113      49 

MONTH— 

See  School  Month. 


INDEX.  191 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
MONTHLY  REPORT— 

See  Teacher. 

MOTHER'S  DAY— 

First  Friday  in  November 1    113 

N 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS— 

Constitutional  provision  for 14        6 

See  Abolishment  of  and  Re-establishment  of  In- 
stitutions of  Higher  Learning.  (Pages  55-81.) 


OFFICERS— 

Qualifications   of    1  115 

Of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction 20  12 

Subject  to  regulations  of  department 22  13 

Not  to  vote  on  own  compensation 23  13 

Must  qualify,  when  and  how 1      25  13 

Give  bond  before  receiving  moneys 2      25  13 

When  personally  liable  for  loss 3      25  13 

Turn  over  effects  to  successor 26  14 

Removals  of,  by  whom  made 4      28  15 

Not  to  sell,  nor  induce  adoptions  of  text-books. .  Ill  48 

Must  use  blanks  prescribed 3  115 

Compensation  to  be  paid  from 15  6 

P 

PATRONS— 

May  recommend  Supervisor 3      35  17 

May  require  high  schools  established 5      35  17 

Not  authorized  to  employ  teachers 6      35  17 


INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pga 


PENALTY— 


For  mixing  whites  and  negroes  in  schools 113      49 

For  cheating  in  teachers'  examinations 96 

For  unlawfully  obtaining  possession  of  examina- 
tion questions   96 

For  insulting  teachers  in  presence  of  pupils 109      48 

For  interrupting  or  disturbiug(a  school 110      48 

For  defacing  any  school  property  with  obscene 

thing    108      47 

For  destroying  school  house  or  property 107      47 

For  school  officer  or  teacher  dealing  in,  or  hav- 
ing pecuniary  interest  in  adopting  text-books.  Ill      4s 
For  any  Superintendent  violating  examination 

laws     114      50 

PETITION— 

For  district  election,  who  eligible  to  sign 85      38 

Must  prescribe  boundaries  and  be  published. ...  86      39 

POLL  TAXES- 
GO  to  County  School  Fund 9        4 

PROPERTY,  PERSONAL  AND  REAL— 

County  Board  may  acquire  and  hold 1      35      16 

Complete  record  of  all  to  be  kept 8      35      18 

PUNISHMENT— 

Of  pupils,  not  to  be  too  severe  or  degrading 4      65      31 

PUPILS— 

Grading  of,  County  Board  to  look  after 5      35  17 

May  be  suspended  5      65  31 

Non-resident,  tuition  may  be  required  of 13  118 

Must  attend  their  own  district  school 16  119 

See  also  attendance. 


INDEX.  193 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 


Q 


QUALIFICATIONS— 

Of  officers,  see  Officers; 
Of  teachers,  see  Teachers. 

QUESTIONS  AND  APPEALS— 

See  Appeals. 

QUESTIONS  FOR  EXAMINATIONS— 

State  Superintendent  to  prepare 8        2  8 

Sent  County  Superintendent  under  seal 44  24 

QUORUM— 

What   shall   constitute..                                                     24   .  13 


R 


RECORDS— 


County  Board  must  keep 8      35      18 

County  Supt.  must  keep 0      39 

Of  lists  of  poll  taxpayers  to  be  preserved 11      39      22 

REGISTERS— 

Teachers  must  use  those  prescribed 3    115 

Report  of  teachers  to  be  made  in  conformity 
with  directions  given  in 6    116 

To  be  filed  with  County  Superintendent 

i 
(See  cover  of  Register.) 

REGULATIONS     OF     THE     DEPARTMENT     OF 
PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

School  officers  to  conform  to 22      13 

State  Supt.  authorized  to  prescribe 7        2        8 

See  Regulations,  Nos.  1-33  (Pages  99-106.) 
13— S.  L. 


194  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  i'ge. 
REMOVAL— 

Constitutional  authority  for  cause  for,  by  State 
Board    4      28      15 

REPORTS— 

To  be  made  by  State  Superintendent 27  6 

To  be  made  by  County  Board 8      35  18 

Of  County  Supt.  to  State  Supt.,  when  due 19  119 

Shall  be  kept  by  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court  when 

filed    16  11 

RULES  AND  REGULATIONS— 

.Persistent  violation  of,  cause  for  suspending  a 

pupil    5      65      32 

Of  County  Boards  have  force  of  law 2    115 


s 


SALARIES    OF     COUNTY     SUPERINTENDENTS 
REGULATED— 

Salaries    of    County    Supts.    based    upon    total 
annual  receipts  of  each  county 1      87 

SPECIAL    TAX    SCHOOL    DISTRICTS— LIMITS 
OF— REGULATED— 

Outstanding  indebtedness  must  be  paid  or  pro- 
vided for 1      83 

Call  of  election— Qualifications  of  voters 2      84 

SCHOOLS— 

Establishment  and  maintenance  of 6        9 

Under  general  management  of  State  Supt 1        7 

Under  special  managemetn  of  County  Supt 25    120 


INDEX.  195 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 


SCHOOLS—  (Continued.) — 


Under  oversight  of  Supervisor 25  120 

Located  and  maintained  by  County  Board 2      35  16 

Minimum  annual  term 2      35  17 

Not  to  be  located  nearer  than  three  miles 6      35  17 

Time  of  opening  fixed  by  County  Board 9  9 

For  locating,  county  to  be  inspected  by  County 

Superintendent    1      39  20 

To  be  visited  by  County  Supt 2      39  21 

Record  of  visits  to  be  kept  by  County  Supt 6      39  21 

No  person  without  certificate,  allowed  to  teach  in  47  24 

Penalty    for    disturbing 110  48 

SCHOOLS,  RURAL  GRADED,  AND  HIGH— 

Course    of    study 78  35 

Length  of  year  for 72  34 

Designation  of  grades 73  34 

Course  of  primary  grades : .  74  34 

Course  of  intermediate  grades 75  34 

Course  of  grammar  grades 76  35 

Course  of  High  School  grades 77  35 

Method  of  arranging  course  of  study 78  35 

Expense  of  committee 79  36 

High  School  eligible  for  State  aid 80  36 

Rural  graded  schools  eligible  for  State  aid 81  36- 

How  State  aid  granted 82  37 

No  aid  twice  in  same  year 83  37 

SCHOOL  AGE— 

Defined 6  9 

SCHOOL  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

SCHOOL  BOARD  DISTRICT— 

County  to  be  divided  into  three,  by  whom 37  19 


196  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SCHOOL  BOOK  COMMISSION— 

Members  of  Commission 1  98 

Adoption  of  uniform  system  of  books — no  other 

books  to  be  used. 2  99 

Governor  to  appoint  a  Sub-Commission 3  99 

No  member  of  Sub-Commission  shall  be  related 

to  any  member  of  Commission 3  100 

Duties  of  Sub-Commission 4  100 

Oath  of  Sub-Commissioners 5  101 

Commission  to  consider  Sub-Contmission's  report  6  101 

Commission  to  advertise  for  bids '. 7  102 

Duty  of  Commission  as  to  bids,  etc 8  103 

Commission  to  notify  State  Treasurer  when  con- 
tract let  and  bond  given 8  105 

Quality  of  books  to  equal  specimens  furnished 

with  bid   9  106 

Duty  of  contractors  and  stipulations  of  contract.  9  107 

Terms  and  conditions  of  contracts 10  107 

State  shall  not  enter  into  contract  to  pay  for 
publication  of  any  book,  etc.,  manuscript  may 

be  submitted   11  109 

Governor  to  issue  proclamation 12  109 

Agencies  in  each  County  for  distribution  of  books  13  109 

Price  of  books  paid  in  advance 13  110 

Commission  may  make  regulations 14  110 

Counties  having  contracts  may  carry  them  out.  14  111 
State  Supt.  to  issue  letter  to  County  Superin- 

tendei'ta    15  111 

Introduction  of  books — Supplementary  books..  16  112 
How  books  may  be  procured  in  case  of  no  con- 
tract       17  112 

Teachers  to  use  books  adopted  by  Commission.  18  112 

Penalty  for  dealers  who  make  greater  price 19  113 

Commission  to  serve  without  compensation 20  113 


INDEX.  197 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

SCHOOL  TEXT  BOOKS  FURNISHED  FREE  TO 
CERTAIN  CHILDREN— 

Boards  of  Pub.  Inst.  to  furnish  books  free  to  cer- 
tain children   1      95 

SCHOOL  BUILDINGS— 

See  Buildings. 

SCHOOL  DAY— 

Fixed  by  County  Board 10      10 

Number  in  a  school  month 10      10 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT— 
See  District. 

SCHOOL  EXAMINATION— 

Teachers  must  hold  at  close  of  term 6      66      32 

SCHOOL  FUNDS— 

See  Funds;  also  Moneys. 

SCHOOL  FURNITURE— 
See  Furniture. 

SCHOOL  GROUNDS— 
See  Grounds. 

SCHOOL  HOLIDAYS— 
See  Holidays. 

SCHOOL  HOUSE— 

County  to  provide  for  lion  ling,  etc 5      35      17 

Care  of  by  teacher 3      65      31 


198  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SCHOOL  HOUSE—  (Continued.)— 

Authority  of  teacher  in  or  near 4      <>5      .'i  1 

Sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  four  miles  of 112 

See  Buildings. 

SCHOOL  LANDS— 
See  Lands. 

SCHOOL  LAWS— 

To  be  printed  and  distributed  by  State  Supt 1         2        7 

SCHOOL  LEVY— 
See  Tax. 

SCHOOL  LIBRARIES— 
See  Libraries. 

SCHOOL  MONTHS— 

Defined— 20  School  days 10      10 

SCHOOL  PROPERTY — 

Titles  to  be  vested  in  County  Board. . . 32  15 

Duty  of  County  Board  to  obtain  titles i  35  ig 

Special  Tax  School  Districts  may  own i  35  16 

Keys  to  be  delivered  by  teachers,  when 7  65  32 

SCHOOL  SITE— 

/ 

County  Board  to  select,  requirements  in 4      35      17 

To  be  provided  by  County  Board 5      35      17 

SCHOOL  SUPERVISORS— 
See  Supervisor. 


199 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SCHOOL  TEACHER — 

See  Teacher. 

SCHOOL  TERM— 

Defined — Four  school   months 10      10 

Minimum  term  of  school 2      35      17 

SCHOOL  TRUSTEES— 

See  Trustees — Defined   92      41 

SCHOOL  YEAR  DEFINED— 

Financial    apportionment    forfeited    in    certain 

cases    2      82 

Defined  as  to  limits 10      10 

\ 
SEAL— 

State  Supt.  to  have,  purposes  of 3        9 

Examination    seal 44      23 

SITE— 

See  School  Site. 

SPECIAL  TAX— 

Constitution   one-mill    levy 6        4 

By  whom  apportioned  and  the  basis 4        2        8 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provision  for 30        5 

Defined    84      38 

Subject  to  same  control  as  other  schools 93      42 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS— 

Constitutional    provision    for 10        5 


200  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS—  (Continued.) 

Defined 84      3S 

May  acquire  and  hold  school  property 1      35      16 

Created  by  petition  and  election 85      38 

Boundaries  in  petition  subject  to  change 86      39 

Majority  of  votes  cast  necessary  to  carry 90      40 

Election  to  be  held  in,  what  to  determine 91      41 

Who  eligible  to  vote •. 90      40 

Form  of  ballot  in 101      45 

Election  held  bi-ennially 91      41 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

Constitution  for  and  personnel 3        3 

Powers  and  duties   of 28      14 

To  manage  school  lands 1      28      14 

To  manage  all  educational  funds  of  the  State..  2      28      14 
To  entertain  and  decide  questions  and  appeals.  .3      28      14 

To  remove  subordinates  for  cause 4      28      15 

To  foster  higher  education 5      28      15 

To  co-operate  with  State  Superintendent 6      28      15 

To  fill  vacancies  in  School  Boards 38       20 

STATE  CERTIFICATE— 

By  whom  issued  and  prerequisites 56      27 

Endorsement  for  examination  required 30    122 

Form  of  application  for  examination,  No.  12 138 

Form  of  Certificate,  No.  23 153 

(See  also  Certificates.) 

STATE  SCHOOLS— 

(See  Chapter  5384.) 

University  of  Florida  (Chapter  5926.) g» 

Florida    State    College    for    Women     (Chapter 
5924.) 


INDEX.  201 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
STATE  SCHOOLS—  (Continued.)— 

Florida  School  for  the  Deaf  and  the  Blind 

(Chapter  5926.) 88 

Florida  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for 

Negroes  (Chapter  5925.) 89 

STATE  SCHOOL  FUND— 
See  Fund;  also  Moneys. 

STATE     SUPERINTENDENT     OP     PUBLIC     IN- 
STRUCTION— 

Secretary  and  member  of  State  Board 3  3 

Constitutional  powers  and  duties  of 25  6 

Given  general  oversight  of  school  affairs 1  7 

Special  duties  2  7 

To  publish  and  distribute  laws,  forms,  etc 1  2  7 

To  call  conventions  of  school  officers 2  2  7 

To  hold  Teachers'  Institutes 3  2  8 

To  apportion  school  funds 4  2  8 

To  make  discretionary  appointments 5  2  S 

To  entertain  and  decide,  or  refer  appeals 6  2  8 

To  prescribe  Rules  and  Regulations 7'  2  8 

To  have  a  seal  of  office,  purpose  of 3  9 

Residence  and  office  of 4  9 

To  prepare  questions  for  County  Examinations.  828 

Authority  relative  to  examinations 42  23 

To  hold  examinations  for  State  Certificates 8  2  8 

To  grant  Life  Certificates 8  2  8 

To  keep  record  of  persons  who  have  paid  poll 

taxes  9  2  8 

To  make  nominations  to  fill  vacancies  on  School 

Boards  38  20 

Salary  of  5  9 

STATE  TREASURER— 
See  Treasurer. 


202  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SUB-DISTRICTS— 

See  Special  Tax  School  Districts. 

SUCCESSORS— 

To    be    delivered   school    effects,    and    to    give 


receipts 


26      14 


SUMMER  TRAINING  SCHOOLS  FOR  TEACHERS 

Appropriation  for  and  location  of  schools 1      94 

Duty  of  Comptroller  and  State  Superintendent.  2      94 

Further  duty  of  State  Superintendent 3      94 

SUPERVISOR— 

An  officer  of  the  Department 20  12 

Appointed  by  County  Board 3  35  17 

To  supervise  schools  and  report  to  Co.  Supt. 

monthly  3  35  17 

To  be  conferred  with  by  Co.  Supt 4  39  21 

Persons  fitted  for  the  duties  of,  to  be  selected 

by  Co.  Supt 5  39  21 

To  be  notified  by  teacher  of  suspension  of  pupil  .5  65  32 

When  teacher  is  to  deliver  to,  keys,  etc 7  65  32 

To  supervise  the  property  and  procure  copy  of 

School  laws  2  40  22 

To  co-operate  with  teacher 3  40  23 

To  review  suspension  of  pupils  and  report 

promptly  to  Co.  Supt 3  40  23 

The  duties  of,  when  to  be  performed  by  Trustees  92  41 

May  suggest  a  teacher 8  116 

A  position  of  oversight,  not  of  control 25  120 

Form  of  Recommendation  of,  No.  2 128 

Form  of  appointment,  No.  3 129 

Form  of  acceptance  of  Appointment,  No.  4 ....  130 


INDEX.  203 

'  # 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
SUPERVISOR  OF  REGISTRATION— 

Duty  of,  relative  to  school  districts 94      42 


TAX  ASSESSORS  REQUIRED  TO  FURNISH  A 
LIST  SHOWING  TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  SPECIAL 
DISTRICT  TAXES  ASSESSED  IN  THE  SEV- 
ERAL SPECIAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS— 

Special  district  school  tax 1      93 

TAX,  CAPITATION— 

Constitutional    provision   for 9        4 

Certified  lists  of  persons  paying,  to  be  filed 11    39      22 

TAX,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Not  less  than  three  not  more  than  seven  mills. .  8        4 

Millage  to  be  estimated  by  County  Board 13    35      19 

/ 

TAX,  DISTRICT  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provisions — maximum  3  mills. ..  10  5 

The  levy  and  millage  decided  by  election 91  41 

Vote  required  to  determine 90  40 

Qualifications  of  electors  for 90  40 

Trustees  to  file  estimate  and  certify  millage 95  42 

County   Commissioners   to   order. 96  43 

County  Treasurer  to  hold  and  pay  out 96  43 

TAX,  SPECIAL  (State)  — 

Constitutional  levy  of  one  mill 0        4 

Apportioned  among  the  counties,  basis 427 

TAX  COLLECTOR— 

To  pay  County  Treasurer  monthly 12    35      19 


204  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
TAX   COLLECTOR—  (Continued.)  — 

Poll  tax  records  of,  County  Board  to  examine. .  13    35  19 

No  receipt  for  other  tax  till  poll  is  paid 102  46 

To  file  monthly  certified  list  of  poll  taxpayers 

with    County    Board 103  46 

Shall  receive  only  the  current  funds 13  10 

TEACHERS— 

To  be  assembled  in  institutes  by  State  Supt 3  2  7 

Co.  Board  to  employ,  contract  with,  pay 6  35  17 

Whom  to  be  appointed  on  grading  committees . .  61  29 
To  be  informed  as  to  cause  of  revoked  certificate 

and  right  of  appeal 10  39  22 

Required  to  obtain  certificate  in  this  State 47  24 

Primary  duty  of 28  121 

General  duties  of 65  31 

When  exempt  from  military  and  jury  duty 66  32 

Concerning  contract  and  compensation 7  116 

Supervisor  and  patron  may  not  employ 8  116 

When  and  how  County  Boards  are  to  assign ...  9  117 

Duties  concerning  Arbor  Day ... 12  117 

Limitation  as  to  term  of  contract 17  119 

To  report  holidays,  how 70  33 

Corporal  punishment  may  be  inflicted 29  121 

Not  to  deal  in  or  influence  the  adoption  of  school 

books  for  a  consideration Ill  48 

Penalty  for  insult  to 109  48 

Absence  of 67  32 

Forfeiture  of  pay  in  certain  cases 69  33 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES— 
See  Certificates. 

TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE — 

State  Supt.  to  hold  and  provide  instruction  for.  3        2  7 


INDEX.  205 

Par.  Sec.  L'ge. 
TERM— 

See  School  Term. 

TERM  OF  OFFICE— 

Of    State    Superintendent 2  8 

Of  County   Superintendents 21  12 

Of    School    Trustees 10  5 

TEXT  BOOKS— 

See  School  Books. 

TREASURER,  COUNTY— 

An  officer  of  the  department 20  12 

Treasurer  of  county  school  funds M  .1C 

Liable  on  bond  for  district  funds 1)7  44 

All  county  school  funds 14  10 

To  file  monthly  report  with  Co.  Supt 15  11 

TREASURER,  STATE— 

Member  and  Treasurer  of  State  Board 27  34 

To  keep  an  account  with  counties 12  10 

All  State  School  Funds 14  10 

TRUSTEES— 

Constitutional   provision   for 10  5 

Election   of    85  38 

Term    of   office 10  5 

Jurisdiction,  duties  and  powers  of 92  41 

Subject    to    removal 92  41 

May  nominate  teachers,  proviso 93  41 

Shall  apportion   district  fund 94  42 

To  file  itemized  estimate  and  certify  millage. . .  95  42 

Certain  fund  not  subject  to  requisition 98  44 


200  INDEX. 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
TRU  STEES—  ( Continued.) — 

May  not  contract  with  a  member 99  45 

To  be  a  corporation,  etc 99  45 

County  Board  must  approve  all  debts  of 99  45 

When  and  how  may  admit  non-residents  of  the 

district  to   their   schools..  100  45 


UNIFORM  SYSTEM— 

Of  public  free  schools  demanded 1        3 

Of  Public  Instruction  established.... 6        9 

UNIT,  SCHOOL— 

Defned 54      38 

UNIVERSITY    OF   THE    STATE   OF    FLORIDA- 
NAME  CHANGED— 

University   of    Florida 1      89 

V 

VACANCIES- 
HOW  filled  on  County  Boards 38      20 

In  Boards  of  Trustees,  how  filled 93      44 

In  schools,  when  County  Supt.  nmy  fill 67       32 

VOTERS— 

See  Electors. 

w 

WARRANTS— 

When  to  be  described  minutelv.. 


9      35      18 


INDEX.  207 

Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
WARRANTS—  (Continued.)— 

County  Board  to  issue  monthly 5    116 

Not  to  be  issued  to  teacher  till  report  is  proper- 
ly made  and  filed 6     116 

Form  of ,  No.  35 163 


YEAR— 

See  School  Year. 


